The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011 (eBook)

Mircea Pitici (Herausgeber)

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2011
416 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3954-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The year's finest writing on mathematics from around the worldThis anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else-and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. Here Ian Hacking discusses the salient features that distinguish mathematics from other disciplines of the mind; Doris Schattschneider identifies some of the mathematical inspirations of M. C. Escher's art; Jordan Ellenberg describes compressed sensing, a mathematical field that is reshaping the way people use large sets of data; Erica Klarreich reports on the use of algorithms in the job market for doctors; and much, much more.In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a foreword by esteemed physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us-and where it is headed.

Autor

Mircea Pitici holds a PhD mathematics education from Cornell University, where he teaches math and writing. He has edited The Best Writing on Mathematics since 2010.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.11.2011
• Reihe/Serie: The Best Writing on Mathematics
• Reihe/Serie: The Best Writing on Mathematics
• Vorwort: Freeman Dyson
• Zusatzinfo: 68 halftones. 12 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Addition • algorithm • American Mathematical Society • Anti-realism • Apollonian gasket • Applied mathematics • arithmetic • attractor • Autism • Axiom • Calculation • Career • Classroom • cognitive science • compressed sensing • Computation • Computer • Computer Scientist • computer simulation • computing • Concept • conjecture • Cornell University • Counting • Curve • Decision-Making • differential equation • Dimension • Doris Schattschneider • economist • eniac • Explanation • Foundations of mathematics • Generosity • Geometry • Georg Cantor • G. H. Hardy • Graduate school • group work • Guide rail • Homework • hypothesis • Illustration • Instance (computer science) • Jews • Jordan Ellenberg • Language of mathematics • learning • Lecture • Lorenz System • Magnetic Resonance Imaging • mathematical model • mathematical practice • Mathematical Proof • Mathematical table • mathematician • Mathematics • mathematics education • M. C. Escher • medical school • middle school • number line • Number Theory • participant • Permutation • Peter J. Denning • Philosopher • philosophy of mathematics • physicist • Prime number • Problem Solving • professional development • Pure Mathematics • Pythagorean Theorem • Quantity • Requirement • Research Program • rob eastaway • Rubik's Cube • Science • scientific realism • Scientist • Seminar • set theory • String Theory • Suggestion • Superflip • Symmetry group • Teacher • Technology • Test (assessment) • Textbook • Theorem • theoretical physics • theory • Thought • undergraduate education • Underwood Dudley • Variable (mathematics) • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3954-8 / 1400839548
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3954-4 / 9781400839544