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The best writing on mathematics . 2011 [[electronic resource] /] / Mircea Pitici, editor
| The best writing on mathematics . 2011 [[electronic resource] /] / Mircea Pitici, editor |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxx, 383 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PiticiMircea <1965-> |
| Collana | The Best Writing on Mathematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Science |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-29065-0
9786613290656 1-4008-3954-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: Recreational Mathematics / Dyson, Freeman -- Introduction / Pitici, Mircea -- What is Mathematics For? / Dudley, Underwood -- A Tisket, a Tasket, an Apollonian Gasket / Mackenzie, Dana -- The Quest for God's Number / Grol, van Rik -- Meta-morphism: From Graduate Student to Networked Mathematician / Schultz, Andrew -- One, Two, Many: Individuality and Collectivity in Mathematics / Nathanson, Melvyn B. -- Reflections on the Decline of Mathematical Tables / Campbell-Kelly, Martin -- Under-Represented Then Over-Represented: / Hersh, Reuben -- Did Over-Reliance on Mathematical Models for Risk Assessment Create the Financial Crisis? / Hand, David J. -- Fill in the Blanks: / Ellenberg, Jordan -- The Great Principles of Computing / Denning, Peter J. -- Computer Generation of Ribbed Sculptures / Hamlin, James / Séquin, Carlo H. -- Lorenz System Offers Manifold Possibilities for Art / Cipra, Barry A. -- Celebrating Mathematics in Stone and Bronze / Ferguson, Helaman / Ferguson, Claire -- Mathematics Education / Mason, John -- Thinking and Comprehending in the Mathematics Classroom / Fisher, Douglas / Frey, Nancy / Anderson, Heather -- Teaching Research: Encouraging Discoveries / Su, Francis Edward -- Reflections of an Accidental Theorist / Schoenfeld, Alan H. -- The Conjoint Origin of Proof and Theoretical Physics / Jahnke, Hans Niels -- What Makes Mathematics Mathematics? / Hacking, Ian -- What Anti-realism in Philosophy of Mathematics Must Offer / Ye, Feng -- Seeing Numbers / Havel, Ivan M. -- Autism and Mathematical Talent / James, Ioan -- How Much Math is Too Much Math? / Budd, Chris J. / Eastaway, Rob -- Hidden Dimensions / Freiberger, Marianne -- Playing with Matches / Klarreich, Erica -- Notable Texts -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Credits |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461442903321 |
| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The best writing on mathematics . 2011 [[electronic resource] /] / Mircea Pitici, editor
| The best writing on mathematics . 2011 [[electronic resource] /] / Mircea Pitici, editor |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxx, 383 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PiticiMircea <1965-> |
| Collana | The Best Writing on Mathematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Science |
| ISBN |
1-283-29065-0
9786613290656 1-4008-3954-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword: Recreational Mathematics / Dyson, Freeman -- Introduction / Pitici, Mircea -- What is Mathematics For? / Dudley, Underwood -- A Tisket, a Tasket, an Apollonian Gasket / Mackenzie, Dana -- The Quest for God's Number / Grol, van Rik -- Meta-morphism: From Graduate Student to Networked Mathematician / Schultz, Andrew -- One, Two, Many: Individuality and Collectivity in Mathematics / Nathanson, Melvyn B. -- Reflections on the Decline of Mathematical Tables / Campbell-Kelly, Martin -- Under-Represented Then Over-Represented: / Hersh, Reuben -- Did Over-Reliance on Mathematical Models for Risk Assessment Create the Financial Crisis? / Hand, David J. -- Fill in the Blanks: / Ellenberg, Jordan -- The Great Principles of Computing / Denning, Peter J. -- Computer Generation of Ribbed Sculptures / Hamlin, James / Séquin, Carlo H. -- Lorenz System Offers Manifold Possibilities for Art / Cipra, Barry A. -- Celebrating Mathematics in Stone and Bronze / Ferguson, Helaman / Ferguson, Claire -- Mathematics Education / Mason, John -- Thinking and Comprehending in the Mathematics Classroom / Fisher, Douglas / Frey, Nancy / Anderson, Heather -- Teaching Research: Encouraging Discoveries / Su, Francis Edward -- Reflections of an Accidental Theorist / Schoenfeld, Alan H. -- The Conjoint Origin of Proof and Theoretical Physics / Jahnke, Hans Niels -- What Makes Mathematics Mathematics? / Hacking, Ian -- What Anti-realism in Philosophy of Mathematics Must Offer / Ye, Feng -- Seeing Numbers / Havel, Ivan M. -- Autism and Mathematical Talent / James, Ioan -- How Much Math is Too Much Math? / Budd, Chris J. / Eastaway, Rob -- Hidden Dimensions / Freiberger, Marianne -- Playing with Matches / Klarreich, Erica -- Notable Texts -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Credits |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789718903321 |
| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||