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A Mathematician's Apology
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Alan Turing
American Mathematical Society
Analytic number theory
Analytic proof
Applied mathematics
Association for Women in Mathematics
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Colin Adams (mathematician)
Computational mathematics
Computer algebra system
Conchoid (mathematics)
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David Tall
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Elementary algebra
Elementary mathematics
Engineering mathematics
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Error analysis (mathematics)
Euler Book Prize
Experimental mathematics
Fermat's Last Theorem
Fundamental theorem
Fundamental theorem of algebra
Fundamental theorem of calculus
Geometric algebra
Geometry
Godel's incompleteness theorems
Hilbert's third problem
Homological algebra
Lambda calculus
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Linear algebra
Math Girls
Mathematical Association of America
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Mathematical Contest in Modeling
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Mathematician
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Mathematics education
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Men of Mathematics
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Monte Carlo algorithm
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Pascal's triangle
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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Proportionality (mathematics)
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Pure mathematics
Pythagorean theorem
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Robin Wilson (mathematician)
Sign (mathematics)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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The Elegant Universe
The Mathematical Gazette
The Mathematical Intelligencer
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
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William Dunham (mathematician)

Product details

  • ISBN 9780691175294
  • Weight: 567g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 07 Mar 2017
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Description
The year's finest mathematics writing from around the world This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else--and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. Here Burkard Polster shows how to invent your own variants of the Spot It! card game, Steven Strogatz presents young Albert Einstein's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem, Joseph Dauben and Marjorie Senechal find a treasure trove of math in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Andrew Gelman explains why much scientific research based on statistical testing is spurious. In other essays, Brian Greene discusses the evolving assumptions of the physicists who developed the mathematical underpinnings of string theory, Jorge Almeida examines the misperceptions of people who attempt to predict lottery results, and Ian Stewart offers advice to authors who aspire to write successful math books for general readers. And there's much, much more. In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a bibliography of other notable writings and an introduction by the editor, Mircea Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us--and where it is headed.
About
Mircea Pitici holds a PhD in mathematics education from Cornell University and is working on a master's degree in library and information science at Syracuse University. He has edited The Best Writing on Mathematics since 2010.