The best writing on mathematics. 2019
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | The best writing on mathematics ;
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; Geometry v. Gerrymandering; Slicing Sandwiches, States, and Solar Systems: Can Mathematical Tools Help Determine What Divisions Are Provably Fair?; Does Mathematics Teach How to Think?; Abstracting the Rubik's Cube; Topology-Disturbing Objects: A New Class of 3D Optical Illusion; Mathematicians Explore Mirror Link between Two Geometric Worlds; Professor Engel's Marvelously Improbable Machines; The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences; Mathematics for Big Data; The Un(solv)able Problem
- The Mechanization of MathematicsMathematics as an Empirical Phenomenon, Subject to Modeling; Does 2 + 3 = 5? In Defense of a Near Absurdity; Gregory's Sixth Operation; Kolmogorov Complexity and Our Search for Meaning: What Math Can Teach Us about Finding Order in our Chaotic Lives; Ethics in Statistical Practice and Communication: Five Recommendations; The Fields Medal Should Return to Its Roots; The Erdős Paradox; Contributors; Notable Writings; Acknowledgments; Credits