The Best Writing on Mathematics 2013 (eBook)

Mircea Pitici (Herausgeber)

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2014
272 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4799-0 (ISBN)

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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.

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The year's finest writing on mathematics from around the world, with a foreword by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger PenroseThis annual 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 2013 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 Philip Davis offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises out of nothing; Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest effective remedies; Elie Ayache argues that exchange prices reached in open market transactions transcend the common notion of probability; 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 mathematical physicist Roger Penrose and an introduction by the editor, Mircea Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us-and where it is headed.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.1.2014
• Reihe/Serie: The Best Writing on Mathematics
• Reihe/Serie: The Best Writing on Mathematics
• Vorwort: Roger Penrose
• Zusatzinfo: 30 halftones. 26 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: 2020 Nobel laureates • 2020 Nobel laureates in physics • 2020 Nobel Prize in physics • ABC conjecture • Addition • Albert Einstein • American Mathematical Society • Andrea Ghez • Applied mathematics • Approximation • assistant professor • Astronomy • biologist • Black Holes • Calculation • Cambridge University Press • Cartesian coordinate system • Classroom • Computation • Computer • Computer Science • Computer Scientist • conic section • conjecture • Cornell University • Curriculum • Designer • Dimension • Doctor of Philosophy • dodecahedron • Donald Knuth • Einstein • Emeritus • Engineering • error • Explanation • Fermat's Last Theorem • for example • General relativity • general theory of relativity • Geometry • Hyperbolic Geometry • Illustration • Instance (computer science) • International Mathematical Union • Jordan Curve Theorem • learning • Logic • Mathematical instrument • mathematical practice • Mathematical problem • mathematician • Mathematics • mathematics education • Measurement • Menaechmus • Methodology • Molecular Biology • Morphogen • music theory • National Science Foundation • np-completeness • Number Theory • Numerical analysis • organism • Parabola • Philip J. Davis • Philosopher • philosophy of mathematics • physicist • plane wave • Platonic solid • Prediction • Probability • Probability Theory • Professor • Psychology • Publication • Pure Mathematics • P versus NP problem • Quantity • randomness • reason • regiomontanus • Reinhard Genzel • Relativity • Requirement • Research Program • result • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences • Science • Scientific American • Scientist • Second inversion • six degrees of separation • skepticism • Small-world experiment • social search • Stanford University • Statistics • Stephen Hawking • Steven Strogatz • Stockholm • Technology • tetrahedron • Theorem • theory • Three-dimensional space (mathematics) • Translational symmetry • two-dimensional space • University of Richmond • Voice Over IP • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4799-0 / 1400847990
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4799-0 / 9781400847990