The Best Writing On Mathematics 2016
by Mircea Pitici /
2017 / English / PDF
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The year's finest mathematics writing from around the
world
The year's finest mathematics writing from around the
world
This annual anthology brings together the year's finest
mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising
new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field,
This annual anthology brings together the year's finest
mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising
new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field,The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016
The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016 makes available to a
wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else―and
you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These
writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and
practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history,
philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take
readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical
debates.
makes available to a
wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else―and
you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These
writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and
practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history,
philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take
readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical
debates.
Here Burkard Polster shows how to invent your own variants of the
Spot It! card game, Steven Strogatz presents young Albert
Einstein's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem, Joseph Dauben and
Marjorie Senechal find a treasure trove of math in New York's
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Andrew Gelman explains why much
scientific research based on statistical testing is spurious. In
other essays, Brian Greene discusses the evolving assumptions of
the physicists who developed the mathematical underpinnings of
string theory, Jorge Almeida examines the misperceptions of
people who attempt to predict lottery results, and Ian Stewart
offers advice to authors who aspire to write successful math
books for general readers. And there's much, much more.
Here Burkard Polster shows how to invent your own variants of the
Spot It! card game, Steven Strogatz presents young Albert
Einstein's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem, Joseph Dauben and
Marjorie Senechal find a treasure trove of math in New York's
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Andrew Gelman explains why much
scientific research based on statistical testing is spurious. In
other essays, Brian Greene discusses the evolving assumptions of
the physicists who developed the mathematical underpinnings of
string theory, Jorge Almeida examines the misperceptions of
people who attempt to predict lottery results, and Ian Stewart
offers advice to authors who aspire to write successful math
books for general readers. And there's much, much more.
In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on
mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a bibliography of
other notable writings and an introduction by the editor, Mircea
Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in
where math has taken us―and where it is headed.
In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on
mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a bibliography of
other notable writings and an introduction by the editor, Mircea
Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in
where math has taken us―and where it is headed.