Maths is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. So how can you avoid being the only dinner guest who has no idea who Fermat was or what he proved, and what Fibonacci’s sequence or Pascal’s triangle are? The more you know about Maths, the less of a science it becomes. 30 Second Maths takes the top 50 most engaging mathematical theories, and explains them to the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than 200 words and one picture. Read at your own pace, and discover that maths can be more fascinating than you ever imagined.
Autorentext
Richard Brown is Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Department of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University.
Zusammenfassung
From Rubik's cubes to Godel's incompleteness theorem, everything mathematical explained, with colour illustrations, in half a minute. Maths is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. So how can you avoid being the only dinner guest who has no idea who Fermat was, or what he proved? The more you know about Maths, the less of a science it becomes. 30 Second Maths takes the top 50 most engaging mathematical theories, and explains them to the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than two pages, 200 words and one picture. Read at your own pace, and discover that maths can be more fascinating than you ever imagined.
Titel
30-Second Maths
Untertitel
The 50 Most Mind-Expanding Theories in Mathematics, Each Explained in Half a Minute
Autor
EAN
9781848313866
ISBN
978-1-84831-386-6
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
03.05.2012
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
4.14 MB
Anzahl Seiten
160
Jahr
2012
Untertitel
Englisch
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