The best writing on mathematics 2018 /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | The Best Writing on Mathematics ;
7 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction / Pitici, Mircea
- Mathematics for Human Flourishing / Su, Francis Edward
- How To Play Mathematics / Wertheim, Margaret
- Beauty Is Not All There Is to Aesthetics in Mathematics / Thomas, Robert S.D.
- The Science of Brute Force / Heule, Marijn J.H. / Kullmann, Oliver
- Computational Thinking in Science / Denning, Peter J.
- Quantum Questions Inspire New Math / Dijkgraaf, Robbert
- Tangled Tangles / Demaine, Erik D. / Demaine, Martin L. / Hesterberg, Adam / Liu, Quanquan / Taylor, Ron / Uehara, Ryuhei
- The Bizarre World of Nontransitive Dice: Games for Two or More Players / Grime, James
- The Bingo Paradox / Benjamin, Arthur / Kisenwether, Joseph / Weiss, Ben
- The Sleeping Beauty Controversy / Winkler, Peter
- Wigner's "Unreasonable Effectiveness" in Context / Ferreirós, José
- Learning and Teaching Interdisciplinary Modeling / Arney, Chris
- Six Essential Questions for Problem Solving / Kress, Nancy Emerson
- What Does Active Learning Mean for Mathematicians? / Braun, Benjamin / Bremser, Priscilla / Duval, Art M. / Lockwood, Elise / White, Diana
- Written in Stone: The World's First Trigonometry Revealed in an Ancient Babylonian Tablet / Mansfield, Daniel / Wildberger, N.J.
- Quadrivium: The Structure of Mathematics as Described in Isidore of Seville's Etymologies / Serrano, Isabel M. / Odom, Lucy H. / Suceavă, Bogdan D.
- The World War II Origins of Mathematics Awareness / Barany, Michael J.
- The Writing Mathematician / Yoon, Caroline
- Contributors
- Notable Writings
- Acknowledgments
- Credits