The best writing on mathematics, 2011 /
| Други автори: | Pitici, Mircea, 1965- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
c2012.
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Съдържание:
- What is mathematics for? / Underwood Dudley
- A tisket, a tasket, an Apollonian gasket / Dana Mackenzie
- The quest for God's number / Rik van Grol
- Meta-morphism : from graduate student to networked mathematician / Andrew Schultz
- One, two, many : individuality and collectivity in mathematics / Melvyn B. Nathanson
- Reflections on the decline of mathematical tables / Martin Campbell-Kelly
- Under-represented, then over-represented : a memoir of Jews in American mathematics / Reuben Hersh
- Did over-reliance on mathematical models for risk assessment create the financial crisis? / David J. Hand
- Fill in the blanks : using math to turn lo-res datasets into hi-res samples / Jordan Ellenberg
- The great principles of computing / Peter J. Denning
- Computer generation of ribbed sculptures / James Hamlin and Carlo H. Séquin
- Lorenz system offers manifold possibilities for art / Barry A. Cipra
- The mathematical side of M.C. Escher / Doris Schattschneider
- Celebrating mathematics in stone and bronze / Helaman Ferguson and Claire Ferguson
- Mathematics education : theory, practice, and memories over 50 years / John Mason
- Thinking and comprehending in the mathematics classroom / Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Heather Anderson
- Teaching research : encouraging discoveries / Francis Edward Su
- Reflections of an accidental theorist / Alan H. Schoenfeld
- The conjoint origin of proof and theoretical physics / Hans Niels Jahnke
- What makes mathematics mathematics? / Ian Hacking
- What anti-realism in philosophy of mathematics must offer / Feng Ye
- Seeing numbers / Ivan M. Havel
- Autism and mathematical talent / Ioan James
- How much math is too much math? / Chris J. Budd and Rob Eastaway
- Hidden dimensions / Marianne Freiberger
- Playing with matches / Erica Klarreich.