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_aQA 1 _bB561 2014 |
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_aThe best writing on mathematics 2013 / _cMircea Pitici, editor |
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_aNew Jersey : _bPrinceton University Press , _c2014. |
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_axxvi 244 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm. |
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| 504 | _aBibliografia | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aForeword / 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. | |
| 520 | _aThis 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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_aMathematics _vPeriodicals. |
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_aPitici, Mircea, _d1965-, _eed. |
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