The joy of X : a guided tour of math, from one to infinity /
"In 2010, award-winning professor Steven wrote a series for the New York Times online called "The Elements of Math." It was hugely popular: Each piece climbed the most emailed list and elicited hundreds of comments. Readers begged for more, and has now delivered. In this fun, fast-pac...
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Numbers: From fish to infinity; Rock groups; The enemy of my enemy; Commuting; Division and its discontents; Location, location, location
- Part II. Relationships: The joy of X; Finding your roots; My tub runneth over; Working your quads; Power tools
- Part III. Shapes: Square dancing; Something from nothing; The conic conspiracy; Sine qua non; Take it to the limit
- Part IV. Change: Change we can believe in; It slices, it dices; All about e; Loves me, loves me not; Step into the light
- Part V. Data: The new normal; Chances are; Untangling the Web
- Part VI. Frontiers: The loneliest numbers; Group think; Twist and shout; Think globally; Analyze this!; The Hilbert Hotel.