Professor Ian Stewart

Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a collection of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. This title helps you find out: how to organise chaos; how matter balances anti-matter; how to turn a sphere inside out (without creasing it); why you can't comb a hairy ball; and, how to calculate pi by observing the stars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Profile Books
• New ed.
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 131mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9781846683466
• ISBN-10: 1846683467
• Artikelnr.: 28954043

Autorenporträt

Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University. He has published more than eighty books including Mathematics of Life , Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities , Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures and The Science of Discworld trilogy with Terry Pratchett. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, appears frequently on radio and television, and does research on pattern formation and network dynamics.

Rezensionen

Pitched at the perfect difficulty level ... clearly and intelligently written ... Anyone with a slight geeky bent to them, whether they be adult or teenager, will find plenty to edify, tickle and tantalise them. It'd make a wonderful present ... I can't wait for the next volume. Highly recommended. Bookbag