Math Bytes : : Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi, and Other Cool Bits in Computing /

Math Bytes : : Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi, and Other Cool Bits in Computing / / Tim P. Chartier.

This book provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simp...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Chartier, Tim P.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (152 p.) :; 89 color illus. 19 halftones. 20 line illus. 10 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Your First Byte
  • 2. Deceiving Arithmetic
  • 3. Two By Two
  • 4. Infinite Detail
  • 5 Plot the Course
  • 6. Doodling Into a Labyrinth
  • 7. Obama-Cize Yourself
  • 8. Painting with M&Ms
  • 9. Distorting Reality
  • 10. A Pretty Mathematical Face
  • 11. March Mathness
  • 12. Ranking a Googol of Bits
  • 13. A Byte to Go
  • 14. Up to the Challenge
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Image Credits

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