Math Hysteria

Fun and games with mathematics

Ian Stewart (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2004
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-861336-7 (ISBN)

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Presents magical puzzles, each one of which is spun around a tale such as: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. This work also features many curious characters.

Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters: in short, these stories are engaging, challenging, and lots of fun!

Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University. An active research mathematician, he is also a well-known popularizer of mathematics and related areas of science. In 1995 he was awarded the Royal Society's Michael Faraday award for furthering the public understanding of science; his book Nature's Numbers was shortlisted for the 1996 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books; and he delivered the 1997 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, televised by the BBC. His many books include From Here to Infinity: a guide to today's mathematics, The Science of Discworld and The Science of Discworld II, What Shape is a Snowflake? and Flatterland.

Preface ; 1. I know that you know that ... ; 2. Domino theories ; 3. Turning the tables ; 4. The anthropomurphic principle ; 5. Counting the cattle of the sun ; 6. The great drain robbery ; 7. Two-way jigsaw puzzles ; 8. Tales of a neglected number ; 9. Is Monopoly fair? ; 10. Monopoly revisited ; 11. A guide to computer dating ; 12. Dividing the spoils ; 13. Squaring the square ; 14. The bellows conjecture ; 15. Purposefully piling pyramids ; 16. Be a dots-and-boxes grandmaster ; 17. Choosily chomping chocolate ; 18. Shedding a little darkness ; 19. Preposterous piratical predicaments ; 20. Million-dollar minesweeper ; Further reading

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.5.2004
Zusatzinfo	numerous figures and cartoons
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 233 mm
Gewicht	384 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
ISBN-10	0-19-861336-9 / 0198613369
ISBN-13	978-0-19-861336-7 / 9780198613367
Zustand	Neuware