A Wealth of Numbers : : An Anthology of 500 Years of Popular Mathematics Writing / / ed. by Benjamin Wardhaugh.
Despite what we may sometimes imagine, popular mathematics writing didn't begin with Martin Gardner. In fact, it has a rich tradition stretching back hundreds of years. This entertaining and enlightening anthology--the first of its kind--gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections from th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 39 halftones. 19 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. "Sports and Pastimes, Done by Number": Mathematical Tricks, Mathematical Games
- 2. "Much Necessary for All States of Men": From Arithmetic to Algebra
- 3. "A Goodly Struggle": Problems, Puzzles, and Challenges
- 4. "Drawyng, Measuring and Proporcion": Geometry and Trigonometry
- 5. Maps, Monsters, and Riddles: The Worlds of Mathematical Popularization
- 6. "To Ease and Expedite the Work": Mathematical Instruments and How to Use Them
- 7. "How Fine a Mind": Mathematicians Past
- 8. "By Plain and Practical Rules": Mathematics at Work
- 9. "The Speedier Expedition of Their Learning": Thoughts on Teaching and Learning Mathematics
- 10. "So Fundamentally Useful a Science": Reflections on Mathematics and Its Place in the World
- 11. The Mathematicians Who Never Were: Fiction and Humor
- Index