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 Flatterland
Pan. The brilliant "sequel"
to one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics. In 1884, Edwin A.
Abbott published a brilliant novel about mathematics and philosophy that
charmed and fascinated all of England. As both a witty satire of Victorian
society and a means by which to explore the fourth dimension, Flatland remains
a tour de force. Now, British mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian
Stewart has written a fascinating, modern sequel to Abbott's book.
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 What Shape is a
Snowflake
Weidenfeld. In this book, Ian Stewart shows how
life on Earth develops not simply from the outworkings of genetic processes,
but also from the principles of mathematics. The result is a visually
compelling guide to the links between mathematics and the natural world - a
beautiful journey through the fields of science, mathematics, history and art.
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 Does God play Dice
Penguin. The new
mathematics of chaos. Find out about fractals. Mathematicians and scientists
have now discovered that systems obeying precise laws can behave in a random
fashion. And perhaps God can play dice, and create a universe of complete law
and order, in the same breath. This new science, the mathematics of chaos, is
explained in this lucid, witty and engaging book.
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 The
Magical Maze
Phoenix. Seeing the world through
mathematical eyes. Mathematics is a maze - a maze of ideas, a maze of logic.
This is for anyone who has ever wondered about how the mathematical mind works,
how mathematics relates to the real world, or how new mathematics gets done.
Although some of the delightful puzzles, problems and teasers will give your
brain a workout, you will be glad you followed the path to the end. Uses the
maze metaphor (the book has an "entrance," "passages," and an "exit" rather
than an introduction, chapters, and an end) to illustrate the mental journeys
we take when solving everything from bar tricks to problems of artificial
intelligence.
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From Here
to Infinity
Oxford. A retitled and revised edition of Ian
Stewart's The Problem of Mathematics. Read about the latest discoveries,
including Andrew Wile's amazing proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, the newest
advances in knot theory, the Four Colour Theorem, Chaos Theory, and fake
four-dimensial spaces. This book is intended for fans of Ian Stewart; maths
buffs and puzzle solvers; students (and teachers) of mathematics from 6th Form
upwards.
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