Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into. . .Populated by curious creatures whose stories unfold with jokes and puns, this mathematical wonderland of puzzles and games also imparts significant mathematical ideas. Ian Stewart, an active popularizer of mathematics, university professor, and former columnist for Scientific American's "Mathematical Games" section, has selected 16 of his columns from Pour la Science, the French edition of Scientific American, most based on a mathematical idea dressed up with oddball characters and wacky wordplay. |
Contents
Through the Evolvoscope | |
Cogwheels of the Mind | |
How Many Goats in the Orchard? | |
Passage to Pentagonia | |
Maxdoch Murwell Market Manipulator | |
Curiés Mistake | |
A Dicey Business | |
The Thermodynamics of Curlicues | |
The GroupTheorist of Notre Dame | |
A SixPack for the TreeGod | |
The WellTempered Calculator | |
Sofa So Good | |
Knights of the Flat Torus | |
A Vine Math Youve Got Me Into | |
A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST | |
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