LEADER 05132nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910808099703321 005 20230728132251.0 010 $a1-283-65678-7 010 $a1-4008-4467-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400844678 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275554 035 $a(EBL)1041965 035 $a(OCoLC)813535773 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000789766 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11478465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000789766 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10737103 035 $a(PQKB)10245353 035 $a(DE-B1597)453831 035 $a(OCoLC)979686032 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400844678 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1041965 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10612184 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL396928 035 $z(PPN)199247285 035 $a(PPN)187960178 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88838067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1041965 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275554 100 $a20121016d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe best writing on mathematics 2012 /$fMircea Pitici, editor ; foreword by David Mumford 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 0 $aThe Best Writing on Mathematics ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15655-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword: The Synergy of Pure and Applied Mathematics, of the Abstract and the Concrete /$rMumford, David --$tIntroduction /$rPitici, Mircea --$tWhy Math Works /$rLivio, Mario --$tIs Mathematics Discovered or Invented? /$rGowers, Timothy --$tThe Unplanned Impact of Mathematics /$rRowlett, Peter --$tAn Adventure in the Nth Dimension /$rHayes, Brian --$tStructure and Randomness in the Prime Numbers /$rTao, Terence --$tThe Strangest Numbers in String Theory /$rBaez, John C. / Huerta, John --$tMathematics Meets Photography: The Viewable Sphere /$rSwart, David / Torrence, Bruce --$tDancing Mathematics and the Mathematics of Dance /$rBelcastro, Sarah-Marie / Schaffer, Karl --$tCan One Hear the Sound of a Theorem? /$rSchneiderman, Rob --$tFlat-Unfoldability and Woven Origami Tessellations /$rLang, Robert J. --$tA Continuous Path from High School Calculus to University Analysis /$rGowers, Timothy --$tMathematics Teachers' Subtle, Complex Disciplinary Knowledge /$rDavis, Brent --$tHow to Be a Good Teacher Is an Undecidable Problem /$rFlapan, Eririca --$tHow Your Philosophy of Mathematics Impacts Your Teaching /$rGold, Bonnie --$tVariables in Mathematics Education /$rEpp, Susanna S. --$tBottom Line on Mathematics Education /$rMumford, David / Garfunkel, Sol --$tHistory of Mathematics and History of Science Reunited? /$rGray, Jeremy --$tAugustus De Morgan behind the Scenes /$rSimmons, Charlotte --$tRouting Problems: A Historical Perspective /$rBruno, Giuseppe / Genovese, Andrea / Improta, Gennaro --$tThe Cycloid and Jean Bernoulli /$rAlexanderson, Gerald L. --$tWas Cantor Surprised? /$rGouvêa, Fernando Q. --$tWhy Is There Philosophy of Mathematics at All? /$rHacking, Ian --$tUltimate Logic: To Infinity and Beyond /$rElwes, Richard --$tMating, Dating, and Mathematics: It's All in the Game /$rColyvan, Mark --$tContributors --$tNotable Texts --$tAcknowledgments --$tCredits 330 $aThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2012 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else--and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. Here Robert Lang explains mathematical aspects of origami foldings; Terence Tao discusses the frequency and distribution of the prime numbers; Timothy Gowers and Mario Livio ponder whether mathematics is invented or discovered; Brian Hayes describes what is special about a ball in five dimensions; Mark Colyvan glosses on the mathematics of dating; and much, much more. In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a foreword by esteemed mathematician David Mumford and an introduction by the editor Mircea Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us--and where it is headed. 410 0$aBest Writing on Mathematics 606 $aMathematics 615 0$aMathematics. 676 $a510 701 $aPitici$b Mircea$01094984 701 $aMumford$b David$f1937-$042095 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808099703321 996 $aThe best writing on mathematics 2012$94062680 997 $aUNINA