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The problems of mathematics / Ian Stewart.

By: Stewart, Ian, 1945-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992Edition: 2nd ed.Description: x, 347 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0192192620; 0192861484 .Subject(s): Mathematics -- Popular worksDDC classification: 510
Contents:
The nature of mathematics -- The price of primality -- Marginal interest -- The neglected book of Euclid -- Parallel thinking -- Sphereful symmetry -- The miraculous jar -- Ghosts of departed quantities -- The duelllist and the monster -- Much ado about knotting -- The purple wallflower -- Squarerooting and unsquarerootable -- Squaring the unsquarable -- Strumpet Fortune -- The mathematics of nature -- Oh! Catastrophe! -- The patterns of chaos -- The two-and-a-halfth dimension -- The lonely wave -- More ado about knotting -- Dixit Algorizmi -- The limits of computability -- The ultimate in technology transfer.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 510 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00012071
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For the second edition of this introduction to today's mathematics, Ian Stewart has revised the text to take account of recent developments in the field. There are three new chapters, including one on Kepler's sphere-packing problem, which has taken 380 years to solve.

"An OPUS book"-- Half t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-336) and index.

The nature of mathematics -- The price of primality -- Marginal interest -- The neglected book of Euclid -- Parallel thinking -- Sphereful symmetry -- The miraculous jar -- Ghosts of departed quantities -- The duelllist and the monster -- Much ado about knotting -- The purple wallflower -- Squarerooting and unsquarerootable -- Squaring the unsquarable -- Strumpet Fortune -- The mathematics of nature -- Oh! Catastrophe! -- The patterns of chaos -- The two-and-a-halfth dimension -- The lonely wave -- More ado about knotting -- Dixit Algorizmi -- The limits of computability -- The ultimate in technology transfer.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 The Nature of Mathematics
  • 2 The Price of Primality
  • 3 Marginal Interest
  • 4 The Neglected Book of Euclid
  • 5 Parallel Thinking
  • 6 Sphereful Symmetry
  • 7 The Miraculous Jar
  • 8 Ghosts of Departed Quantities
  • 9 The Duellist and the Monster
  • 10 Much Ado about Knotting
  • 11 The Purple Wallflower
  • 12 Squarerooting the Unsquarerootable
  • 13 Squaring the Unsquarable
  • 14 Strumpet Fortune
  • 15 The Mathematics of Nature
  • 16 Oh! Catastrophe!
  • 17 The Patterns of Chaos
  • 18 The Two-and-a-Halfth Dimension
  • 19 The Lonely Wave
  • 20 More Ado About Knotting
  • 21 Dixit Algorizmi
  • 22 The Limits of Computability
  • 23 The Ultimate in Technology Transfer

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