Download or read book Alex s Adventures in Numberland written by Alex Bellos and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of maths Sunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 'Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times 'A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist 'Will leave you hooked on numbers' Daily Telegraph In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, and demonstrates the remarkable ways it's linked to our everyday lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p piece, and the strategy of how best to gamble it in a casino. He shines a light on the mathematical patterns in nature, and on the peculiar predictability of random behaviour. He eats a potato crisp whose revolutionary shape was unpalatable to the ancient Greeks, and he shows the deep connections between maths, religion and philosophy. From the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany to numerologists in the US desert, from a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan to venerable Hindu sages in India, these dispatches from 'Numberland' are an unlikely but exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs. The world of maths is a much friendlier and more colourful place than you might have imagined. This anniversary edition is fully revised and updated.

Download or read book Alice in Numberland written by John Baylis and published by Palgrave. This book was released on 1988 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining and serious book covers some key subjects, of number theory, algebra and analysis in the general theory of sixth-form and early-undergraduate mathematics. The reader-friendly style creates motivation to tackle more formal texts, ability to understand and enjoy mathematics, willingness to appreciate the proofs. Alice, Tweedledum, Twedledee and other L. Carroll?s characters make the book ingenious and pleasant. The main points in the exposition deal with logic, theorem proving, prime factorization, numbers and operations on them, equivalence relation, Euclid?s algorithm, induction, permutations, and transpositions, axioms for R, cardinality, sequences and series, convergence, graphs and continuity, selected exercises with hints and solutions, references with useful recommendations.--Reviewer: K.Peeva (Sofia).

Download or read book Lewis Carroll in Numberland written by Robin Wilson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician. Now his forgotten achievements in the world of numbers are brought to light by acclaimed author and mathematician Robin Wilson. Here he explores the curious imagination of a man whose pioneering work at Oxford University included investigations into voting patterns and tennis seeding, who dreamt up numerical conundrums in bed at night and who filled his writings with problems, paradoxes, puzzles and teasing games of logic. Taking us into a world of mock turtles and maps, gryphons and gravity, Lewis Carroll in Numberland reveals the singular mind of a genius.

Download or read book Numberland written by Mitchell Symons and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numberland: The World in Numbers interprets the world around us through numbers, breaking the most amazing and revealing of facts down to their bare bones.

Download or read book Adam Spencer s Numberland written by Adam Spencer and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yottabytes, massive diamonds, the 1800s version of Fortnight - not to mention more pizza! These are just some of the marvels explained in Adam Spencer's Numberland. Yes folks, Australia's funniest and most-loved mathematician is back with a brand new book bursting with fascinating facts, perplexing puzzles and querulous quizzes. How does GPS work? Could you solve a $1,000,000 maths question? Can honey bees really count? And what do you do when your smartphone locks you out ... for 48 years? The answers to all these questions and much, much more can be found in 2019's most captivating nerd fest. So hold tight as we venture down the rabbit hole into the wonderful world of Adam Spencer's Numberland. This terrific new fully illustrated title follows on from Adam's bestselling Big Book of Numbers (2014); World of Numbers (2015), Time Machine (2016), The Number Games (2017), and Top 100 (2018). Praise for Adam Spencer 'Funny yet with hidden depths, like its author. A brilliant introduction to the world of numbers.' --Brian Cox 'Even the page numbers will start to look fascinating once you've read this book!' --Amanda Keller 'Every bright young mind in Australia should read Adam Spencer -- and we oldies would benefit, too.' --Peter FitzSimons 'The things Adam writes about should be taught in every school worldwide.' --Malcolm Gladwell 'When Adam Spencer gets his geek on, it's a joy to behold!' --Russell Crowe 'As gripping as any of my books, but with more maths and less exploding heads!' --Matthew Reilly

Download or read book The Cat in Numberland written by Ivar Ekeland and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings number concepts to life for all ages.

Download or read book Alice in Numberland written by Sara Mark and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of original stories, poems, riddles, games, and hands-on activities reflecting Alice's adventures in Numberland, where she finds mathematical challenges throughout the magical landscape.

Download or read book The Grapes of Math written by Alex Bellos and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world’s favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop. Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind’s turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in.

Download or read book Numberland written by Suzanne Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Numberland series continues to offer its lively and original approach designed to generate interest and confidence in mathematics.

Download or read book Intelligent Instruction Computer written by Marshall J. Farr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text records the dramatic new prospects for computers in instruction in school, the workplace and high technology research facilities. If offers teachers and trainers a vision of how their professions will be fundamentally altered by these new systems and how their roles will be changed. The challenges and opportunities exposed by these developments in intelligent instruction by computer are many. Topics discussed include: apprenticeship and training in the workplace; automated tutoring in interactive environment; two approaches to simulation composition for training; and transfer, adaption, and use of intelligent tutoring technology.

Download or read book Arithmetic We Need written by Guy Thomas Buswell and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Mathematical Adventures for Students and Amateurs written by David F. Hayes and published by MAA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully selected highlights of the Bay Area Math Adventures (BAMA), a lecture series for high school students.

Download or read book Count Us In written by Gareth Ffowc Roberts and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Main message is that maths is something to enjoy, not something to fear, encouraging the release of deeply rooted maths-linked anxieties. Emphasises that maths is something to be understood, not something to be repeated poly-parrot-fashion, therefore change of perspective that benefits individuals, their children and their grandchildren. Maths is something for all, recognises maths as a natural part of culture.

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Download or read book Colouring Adventures in Numberland written by Alex Bellos and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 'mathemagical' colouring book, with 60 patterns to colour and 10 more that YOU create!For those who ponder the most intriguing questions in maths, the realm of numbers is not only visual but also beautiful. What does a sphere look like in four dimensions? How can a knight on a chessboard visit every square? And can a five-sided tile cover an infinite floor?Visions of Numberland unlocks the world's greatest mathematical mysteries, with 70 patterns to colour in. The friendly explanations next to each pattern unlock the secrets of an intellectual quest that has been underway for three thousand years - but no maths knowledge is required. Anyone can be an artist in Numberland!

Download or read book Snowflake Seashell Star written by Alex Bellos and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland joins the meditative colouring book craze with this mathematical colouring book.