TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pitici,Mircea
TI  - The best writing on mathematics 2013
SN  - 9780691160412
AV  - QA 1 B561 2014
U1  - 510 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Periodicals
KW  - Matemáticas
KW  - 20150700
N1  - Bibliografia; Foreword / Roger Penrose --  Introduction / Mircea Pitici --  The prospects for mathematics in a multimedia civilization / Philip J. Davis --  Fearful symmetry / Ian Stewart --  E pluribus unum : from complexity, universality / Terence Tao --  Degrees of separation / Gregory Goth --  Randomness / Charles Seife --  Randomness in music / Donald E. Knuth --  Playing the odds / Soren Johnson --  Machines of the infinite / John Pavlus --  Bridges, string art, and Bézier curves / Renan Gross --  Slicing a cone for art and science / Daniel S. Silver --  High fashion meets higher mathematics / Kelly Delp --  The Jordan curve theorem is nontrivial / Fiona Ross and William T. Ross --  Why mathematics? What mathematics? / Anna Sfard --  Math anxiety : who has it, why it develops, and how to guard against it / Erin A. Maloney and Sian L. Beilock --  How old are the platonic solids? / David R. Lloyd --  Early modern mathematical instruments / Jim Bennett --  A revolution in mathematics? What really happened a century ago and why it matters today / Frank Quinn --  Errors of probability in historical context / Prakash Gorroochurn --  The end of probability / Elie Ayache --  An abc proof too tough even for mathematicians / Kevin Hartnett
N2  - This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Among others, Philip Davis offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises out of nothing; Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest effective remedies; Elie Ayache argues that exchange prices reached in open market transactions transcend the common notion of probability. Includes a foreword by esteemed mathematical physicist Roger Penrose and an introduction by the editor, Mircea Pitici.--Provided by publisher
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