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50 visions of mathematics / / edited by Sam Parc ; [with a foreword by Dara O Briain]
| 50 visions of mathematics / / edited by Sam Parc ; [with a foreword by Dara O Briain] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (198 pages, 16 pages of plates) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | O BriainDara <1972-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathématiques MATHEMATICS - Essays MATHEMATICS - Pre-Calculus MATHEMATICS - Reference Mathematik Unterhaltungsmathematik Angewandte Mathematik |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Popular works. |
| ISBN |
9780191005336
0191005339 1306980143 9781306980142 9780191005343 0191005347 9780198701811 0198701810 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; FOREWORD: A BAD MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY; Dara o Briain; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Plates; 1 What's the problem with mathematics?; David Acheson; 2 The mathematics of messages; Alan J. Aw; 3 Decathlon: The art of scoring points; John D. Barrow; 4 Queen Dido and the mathematics of the extreme; Greg Bason; 5 Can strings tie things together?; David Berman; 6 Dimples, grooves, and knuckleballs; Ken Bray; 7 Pigs didn't fly but swine flu; Ellen Brooks-Pollock and Ken Eames; 8 Bill Tutte: Unsung Bletchley hero; Chris Budd; 9 What's the use of a quadratic equation?; Chris Budd and Chris Sangwin.
10 Tony Hilton Royle SkyrmeAlan Champneys; 11 The mathematics of obesity; Carson C. Chow; 12 It's a small world really; Tony Crilly; 13 How does mathematics help at a murder scene?; Graham Divall; 14 Mathematics: The language of the universe; Marcus Du Sautoy; 15 The troublesome geometry of CAT scanning; Richard Elwes; 16 The mathematics of sports gambling; Alistair Fitt; PYTHAGORAS'S THEOREM: a2; Hommage © Queneau; 17 A conversation with Freeman Dyson; Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas; 18 A glass of bubbly; Paul Glendinning; 19 The influenza virus: It's allin the packaging; Julia Gog. 20 Solving the Bristol bridge problemThilo Gross; 21 All ravens are black: Puzzles and paradoxes in probability and statistics; David Hand; 22 The Tower of Hanoi: Where mathematics meets psychology; Andreas M. Hinz and Marianne Freiberger; 23 Career: A sample path; Philip Holmes; 24 Sweets in the jar; Steve Humble; 25 Mary Cartwright; Lisa Jardine; 26 The fallibility of mathematics; Adam Jasko; 27 Anecdotes of Dr Barrow; Tom K©œrner; 28 Finding Apollo; Adam Kucharski; 29 The golden ratio in astronomy and astrophysics; Mario Livio; 30 The high-power hypar; Peter Lynch. 31 This is not a carrot: Paraconsistent mathematicsMaarten Mckubre-Jordens; 32 The mystery of Groombridge Place; Alexander Masters and Simon Norton; PYTHAGORAS'S THEOREM: b2; Hommage © Queneau; 33 Mathematicians at the movies: Sherlock Holmes vs Professor Moriarty; Derek E. Moulton and Alain Goriely; 34 The mysterious number 6174; Yutaka Nishiyama; 35 Percolating possibilities; Colva Roney-Dougal and Vince Vatter; 36 Milestones on a non-Euclidean journey; Caroline Series; 37 Simpson's rule; Simon Singh; 38 Risking your life; David Spiegelhalter; 39 Networks and illusions; Ian Stewart. 40 Emmy Noether: Against the oddsDanielle Stretch; 41 Of catastrophes and creodes; Paul Taylor; 42 Conic section hide and seek; Rachel Thomas; 43 Sir James Lighthill: A life in waves; Ahmer Wadee; 44 Fail safe or fail dangerous?; Ahmer Wadee and Alan Champneys; 45 Leapfrogging into the future: How child's play is at the heart of weather and climate models; Paul Williams; 46 Motorway mathematics; Eddie Wilson; 47 The philosophy of applied mathematics; Phil Wilson; 48 Mighty morphogenesis; Thomas Woolley; 49 Called to the barcode; Andrew Wrigley; 50 Roughly fifty-fifty?; Gunter M. Ziegler. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Fifty visions of mathematics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786790103321 |
| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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50 visions of mathematics / / edited by Sam Parc ; [with a foreword by Dara O Briain]
| 50 visions of mathematics / / edited by Sam Parc ; [with a foreword by Dara O Briain] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (198 pages, 16 pages of plates) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | O BriainDara <1972-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathématiques MATHEMATICS - Essays MATHEMATICS - Pre-Calculus MATHEMATICS - Reference Mathematik Unterhaltungsmathematik Angewandte Mathematik |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Popular works. |
| ISBN |
9780191005336
0191005339 1306980143 9781306980142 9780191005343 0191005347 9780198701811 0198701810 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; FOREWORD: A BAD MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY; Dara o Briain; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Plates; 1 What's the problem with mathematics?; David Acheson; 2 The mathematics of messages; Alan J. Aw; 3 Decathlon: The art of scoring points; John D. Barrow; 4 Queen Dido and the mathematics of the extreme; Greg Bason; 5 Can strings tie things together?; David Berman; 6 Dimples, grooves, and knuckleballs; Ken Bray; 7 Pigs didn't fly but swine flu; Ellen Brooks-Pollock and Ken Eames; 8 Bill Tutte: Unsung Bletchley hero; Chris Budd; 9 What's the use of a quadratic equation?; Chris Budd and Chris Sangwin.
10 Tony Hilton Royle SkyrmeAlan Champneys; 11 The mathematics of obesity; Carson C. Chow; 12 It's a small world really; Tony Crilly; 13 How does mathematics help at a murder scene?; Graham Divall; 14 Mathematics: The language of the universe; Marcus Du Sautoy; 15 The troublesome geometry of CAT scanning; Richard Elwes; 16 The mathematics of sports gambling; Alistair Fitt; PYTHAGORAS'S THEOREM: a2; Hommage © Queneau; 17 A conversation with Freeman Dyson; Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas; 18 A glass of bubbly; Paul Glendinning; 19 The influenza virus: It's allin the packaging; Julia Gog. 20 Solving the Bristol bridge problemThilo Gross; 21 All ravens are black: Puzzles and paradoxes in probability and statistics; David Hand; 22 The Tower of Hanoi: Where mathematics meets psychology; Andreas M. Hinz and Marianne Freiberger; 23 Career: A sample path; Philip Holmes; 24 Sweets in the jar; Steve Humble; 25 Mary Cartwright; Lisa Jardine; 26 The fallibility of mathematics; Adam Jasko; 27 Anecdotes of Dr Barrow; Tom K©œrner; 28 Finding Apollo; Adam Kucharski; 29 The golden ratio in astronomy and astrophysics; Mario Livio; 30 The high-power hypar; Peter Lynch. 31 This is not a carrot: Paraconsistent mathematicsMaarten Mckubre-Jordens; 32 The mystery of Groombridge Place; Alexander Masters and Simon Norton; PYTHAGORAS'S THEOREM: b2; Hommage © Queneau; 33 Mathematicians at the movies: Sherlock Holmes vs Professor Moriarty; Derek E. Moulton and Alain Goriely; 34 The mysterious number 6174; Yutaka Nishiyama; 35 Percolating possibilities; Colva Roney-Dougal and Vince Vatter; 36 Milestones on a non-Euclidean journey; Caroline Series; 37 Simpson's rule; Simon Singh; 38 Risking your life; David Spiegelhalter; 39 Networks and illusions; Ian Stewart. 40 Emmy Noether: Against the oddsDanielle Stretch; 41 Of catastrophes and creodes; Paul Taylor; 42 Conic section hide and seek; Rachel Thomas; 43 Sir James Lighthill: A life in waves; Ahmer Wadee; 44 Fail safe or fail dangerous?; Ahmer Wadee and Alan Champneys; 45 Leapfrogging into the future: How child's play is at the heart of weather and climate models; Paul Williams; 46 Motorway mathematics; Eddie Wilson; 47 The philosophy of applied mathematics; Phil Wilson; 48 Mighty morphogenesis; Thomas Woolley; 49 Called to the barcode; Andrew Wrigley; 50 Roughly fifty-fifty?; Gunter M. Ziegler. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Fifty visions of mathematics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828235803321 |
| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Applied mathematics and optimization
| Applied mathematics and optimization |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer-Verlag, 1974- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 519.05 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical optimization
Mathematical models Optimisation mathématique Modèles mathématiques Mathematical Optimization Angewandte Mathematik Optimierung Zeitschrift Online-Ressource Optimaliseren |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Zeitschrift Online-Publikation |
| ISSN | 1432-0606 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910144516003321 |
| New York, : Springer-Verlag, 1974- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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European journal of applied mathematics
| European journal of applied mathematics |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Cambridge, England] : , : Cambridge University Press |
| Disciplina | 510.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathématiques Angewandte Mathematik Zeitschrift Online-Ressource |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1469-4425 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Applied mathematics
EJAM |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910133027603321 |
| [Cambridge, England] : , : Cambridge University Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Journal of the history of collections
| Journal of the history of collections |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, U.K., : Oxford University Press |
| Disciplina | 069.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Collectors and collecting - History
Museums - Acquisitions - History Collectibles - History Collectibles Collectors and collecting Museums - Acquisitions Museum Kunst Sammlung Angewandte Mathematik |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Periodicals. Zeitschrift Online-Publikation |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Collectibles - History - Periodicals
Collectors and collecting - History - Periodicals |
| ISSN | 1477-8564 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996221342703316 |
| Oxford, U.K., : Oxford University Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Journal of the history of collections
| Journal of the history of collections |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, U.K., : Oxford University Press |
| Disciplina | 069.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Collectors and collecting - History
Museums - Acquisitions - History Collectibles - History Collectibles Collectors and collecting Museums - Acquisitions Museum Kunst Sammlung Angewandte Mathematik Libraries and Museums |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Periodicals. Zeitschrift Online-Publikation |
| ISSN | 1477-8564 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910142050103321 |
| Oxford, U.K., : Oxford University Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mathematical methods in the applied sciences
| Mathematical methods in the applied sciences |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stuttgart, : B.G. Teubner |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Technology - Mathematics Mathématiques Technologie - Mathématiques Mathematik Angewandte Mathematik Matemàtica |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Zeitschrift Revistes electròniques. |
| ISSN | 1099-1476 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146357603321 |
| Stuttgart, : B.G. Teubner | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The quarterly journal of mechanics and applied mathematics
| The quarterly journal of mechanics and applied mathematics |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, UK, : Oxford University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mechanics Mechanik Zeitschrift Online-Ressource Angewandte Mathematik Popular Science and Nature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1464-3855 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Quarterly journal of mechanics and applied mathematics - online services |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910142205903321 |
| Oxford, UK, : Oxford University Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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SIAM journal on applied mathematics
| SIAM journal on applied mathematics |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1966- |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathématiques 31.80 applications of mathematics Angewandte Mathematik Zeitschrift Applications Mathématique |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
periodicals.
Periodicals. Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme) Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme) Périodiques. |
| ISSN | 1095-712X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Applied mathematics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910142780203321 |
| Philadelphia, PA, : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1966- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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