Showing posts with label Mathematics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mathematics. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 May 2016

The Pea and the Sun By Leonard M. Wapner


The Pea and the Sun
Title : The Pea and the Sun
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ISBN : 1568812132
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 232




Take an apple and cut it into five pieces Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create two apples equal in shape and size to the original Would you believe that you could make something as large as the sun by breaking a pea into a finite number of pieces and putting it back together again Neither did Leonard Wapner, autho Take an apple and cut it into five pieces Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create t...

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Thursday, 19 March 2015

Principia Mathematica, Vol 3 By Bertrand Russell


Principia Mathematica, Vol 3
Title : Principia Mathematica, Vol 3
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ISBN : 160386184X
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 500




An Unabridged, Digitally Enlarged Printing Of Volume III Of III With Additional Errata To Volumes I And II Part V SERIES Continued Well Ordered Series Finite And Infinite Series And Ordinals Compact Series, Rational Series, And Continuous Series Part VI QUANTITY Generalization Of Number Vector Families Measurement Cyclic Families...

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Monday, 19 January 2015

A Mathematician's Apology By G.H. Hardy


A Mathematician's Apology
Title : A Mathematician's Apology
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ISBN : 0521427061
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 153




Written in 1940 as his mathematical powers were declining, G.H Hardy s apology offers an engaging account of the thoughts of a man known for his eccentricities as well as his brilliance in mathematics....

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Sunday, 18 January 2015

Mathematics, Magic and Mystery By Martin Gardner


Mathematics, Magic and Mystery
Title : Mathematics, Magic and Mystery
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ISBN : 0486203352
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 208




Why do card tricks work How can magicians do astonishing feats of mathematics mentally Why do stage mind reading tricks work As a rule, we simply accept these tricks and magic without recognizing that they arereally demonstrations of strict laws based on probability, sets, numbertheory, topology, and other branches of mathematics This is the first book length study Why do card tricks work How can magicians do astonishing feats of mathematics mentally Why do stage mind reading tricks work As a rule, we sim...

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Tuesday, 13 January 2015

The Universe and the Teacup By K.C. Cole


The Universe and the Teacup
Title : The Universe and the Teacup
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ISBN : 0156006561
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 224




Mathematics, that breathtaking invention of ours that reveals the tiniest particles of matter and takes us to the outermost reaches of the cosmos, is found by many people to be intimidating In The Universe and the Teacup, K C Cole demystifies mathematics and shows us with humor and wonderfully accessible stories why math need not be frightening Using the O J Simpson Mathematics, that breathtaking invention of ours that reveals the tiniest particles of matter and takes us to the outermost reaches...

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Friday, 3 October 2014

The Manga Guide to Calculus By Hiroyuki Kojima


The Manga Guide to Calculus
Title : The Manga Guide to Calculus
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ISBN : 1593271948
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 256




Noriko is just getting started as a junior reporter for the Asagake Times She wants to cover the hard hitting issues, like world affairs and politics, but does she have the smarts for it Thankfully, her overbearing and math minded boss, Mr Seki, is here to teach her how to analyze her stories with a mathematical eye.In The Manga Guide to Calculus, you ll follow along wi Noriko is just getting started as a junior reporter for the Asagake Times She wants to cover the hard hitting issues...

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Thursday, 3 July 2014

Principia Mathematica to '56 By Bertrand Russell


Principia Mathematica to '56
Title : Principia Mathematica to '56
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ISBN : 0521626064
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 460




The great three volume Principia Mathematica is deservedly the most famous work ever written on the foundations of mathematics Its aim is to deduce all the fundamental propositions of logic and mathematics from a small number of logical premisses and primitive ideas, and so to prove that mathematics is a development of logic.This abridged text of Volume I contains the mat The great three volume Principia Mathematica is deservedly the most famous work ever written on the foundations of mathematic...

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Tuesday, 20 May 2014

The Improbability Principle By David J. Hand


The Improbability Principle
Title : The Improbability Principle
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ISBN : 0374175349
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 288




In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but In fact, they re commonplace Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal His definition of miracle is thoroughly rational No m In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but ...

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Monday, 17 March 2014

Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi By Cindy Neuschwander


Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
Title : Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
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ISBN : 1570911649
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 32




Sir Cumference, Lady Di of Ameter, and Radius are back in their second Math Adventure This time, a potion has changed Sir Cumference into a fire breathing dragon Can Radius change him back Join Radius on his quest through the castle to solve a riddle that will reveal the cure It lies in discovering the magic number that is the same for all circles....

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Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Growing Patterns By Sarah C. Campbell


Growing Patterns
Title : Growing Patterns
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ISBN : 1590787528
Format : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 32




This title deals with the biggest mathematical mystery in nature Fibonacci numbers Named after a famous mathematician, the number pattern is simple 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13Each number in the sequence comes from adding the two numbers before it What s the mystery The pattern crops up in the most unexpected places You ll find it in the disk of a sunflower, the skin of This title deals with the biggest mathematical mystery in nature Fibonacci numbers Named after a famous mathematician, the number pattern is simp...

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Friday, 18 January 2013

Theory of Games and Economic Behavior By John von Neumann


Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
Title : Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
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ISBN : 0691130612
Format : Paperback
Number of Pages : 776




Book Summary of Theory Of Games And Economic Behavior This is the classic work upon which modern day game theory is based What began than sixty years ago as a modest proposal that a mathematician and an economist write a short paper together blossomed, in 1944, when Princeton University Press published Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, In it, John von Neumann Book Summary of Theory Of Games And Economic Behavior This is the classic work upon which modern day game theory is based What began...

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