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Autore |
Markus M (Mario), <1944-> |
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Titolo |
Charts for prediction and chance [[electronic resource] ] : dazzling diagrams on your PC / / Mario Markus |
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London, : Imperial College Press |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-86757-8 |
9786611867577 |
1-86094-855-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 287 p. ) : ill. (some col.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Computer science - Mathematics |
Computer art |
Computer graphics |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-247) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The Useful and the Beautiful; The "Object Trouve" in Mathematics; The Mondrian Experiments; An Anecdotic Report on Chaos; A Case Submitted to Court; Calculations of the "Charts for Prediction and Chance"; Significance of Discrete Maps; Maps with Scientific Applications; Maps of Generic Significance; Are These Diagrams Fractals?; What Can We Learn from These Diagrams?; Appendices: Glossary; Abbreviations; Instructions for Using the CD-ROM. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Aims to bring together two disciplines - science and art - and enables readers to produce their own computer-generated displays. This title includes forty-four colour plates and 200 black and white pictures which showcase the diagrams that can easily be reproduced using the accompanying CD-ROM. |
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