The mathematical magpie : being more stories, mainly transcendental, plus subjects of essays, rhymes, music, ancedotes, epigrams and other prime oddments and diversions, rational and irrational, all derived from the infinite domain of mathematics / compiled and edited by Clifton Fadiman.
Contributor(s): Fadiman, Clifton
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BookPublisher: New York : Copernicus, 1997Description: xviii, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 038794950X .Subject(s): Mathematics -- Literary collectionsDDC classification: 820.8 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 820.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00076375 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The companion volume to Fantasia Mathematica , first published in 1962, this second anthology of mathematical writings is even more varied than the first and contains stories, cartoons, essays, rhymes, music, anecdotes, aphorisms, and other oddments. Authors include Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, and many other renowned figures. Like its predecessor, this wide-ranging collection will prove to be fascinating and entertaining reading for anyone with an interest in mathematics.
Originally published: New York ; Simon & Schuster, 1962.
A set of imaginaries -- Comic Sections -- Irregular figures -- Simple Harmonic motions -- Dividends and remainders.