Professor Stewart's cabinet of mathematical curiosities
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Word Count
77,500 words, Guess
Page Count
310 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveprofessorstewart0000stew_s0z6
- Internet Archiveprofessorstewart0000stew_r2c2
- ISBN-101846683459
- ISBN-139781846683459
- ISBN-139781847651280
and 6 more
- ISBN-101847651283
- OCLC Control Number573322665
- Better World BooksKP-089-148
- Better World BooksKN-872-635
- Better World Books9781846683459
- Open LibraryOL32135436M
Classifications
- DDC510
- LCCQA95 .S726 2010
- LCCQA99
Alternate Titles
- Cabinet of mathematical curiosities
Description
Knowing that the most exciting math is not taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical games, puzzles, stories, and factoids intended for the adventurous mind. This book reveals the most exhilarating oddities from Professor Stewart's legendary cabinet.Inside, you will find hidden gems of logic, geometry, and probability-like how to extract a cherry from a cocktail glass (harder that you think), a pop-up dodecahedron, and the real reason why you can't divide anything by zero. Scattered among these are keys to Fermat's last theorem, the Poincare conjecture, chaos theory, and the P=NP problem (you'll win a million dollars if you solve it). You never know what enigmas you'll find in the Stewart cabinet, but they're sure to be clever, mind-expanding, and delightfully fun.
Description
A treasure trove of mathematical oddities, including games, puzzles, facts, numbers and delightful mathematical nibbles for the curious and adventurous mind.
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