The Best Writing on Mathematics 2013 /

The Best Writing on Mathematics 2013 / / ed. by Mircea Pitici.

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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 2013 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere el...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Ayache, Elie,
Beilock, Sian L.,
Bennett, Jim,
Davis, Philip J.,
Delp, Kelly,
Gorroochurn, Prakash,
Goth, Gregory,
Gross, Renan,
Hartnett, Kevin,
Johnson, Soren,
Knuth, Donald E.,
Lloyd, David R.,
Maloney, Erin A.,
Pavlus, John,
Penrose, Roger,
Pitici, Mircea,
Quinn, Frank,
Ross, Fiona,
Ross, William T.,
Seife, Charles,
Sfard, Anna,
Silver, Daniel S.,
Stewart, Ian,
Tao, Terence,
TeilnehmendeR:
Penrose, Roger.
HerausgeberIn:
Pitici, Mircea,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:The Best Writing on Mathematics ; 4
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 30 halftones. 26 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The Prospects for Mathematics in a Multimedia Civilization
  • Fearful Symmetry
  • E pluribus unum: From Complexity, Universality
  • Degrees of Separation
  • Randomness
  • Randomness in Music
  • Playing the Odds
  • Machines of the Infinite
  • Bridges, String Art, and Bézier Curves
  • Slicing a Cone for Art and Science
  • High Fashion Meets Higher Mathematics
  • The Jordan Curve Theorem Is Nontrivial
  • Why Mathematics? What Mathematics?
  • Math Anxiety: Who Has It, Why It Develops, and How to Guard against It
  • How Old Are the Platonic Solids?
  • Early Modern Mathematical Instruments
  • A Revolution in Mathematics? What Really Happened a Century Ago and Why It Matters Today
  • Errors of Probability in Historical Context
  • The End of Probability
  • An abc Proof Too Tough Even for Mathematicians
  • Contributors
  • Notable Texts
  • Acknowledgments
  • Credits

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