The Joy of X [electronic resource] : A Guided Tour of Mathematics, from One to Infinity
Strogatz, Steven2012
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Award-winning Steven Strogatz, one of the foremost popularisers of maths, has written a witty and fascinating account of maths' most compelling ideas and how, so often, they are an integral part of everyday life.Maths is everywhere, often where we don't even realise. Award-winning professor Steven Strogatz acts as our guide as he takes us on a tour of numbers that - unbeknownst to the unitiated - connect pop culture, literature, art, philosophy, current affairs, business and even every day life. In The Joy of X, Strogatz explains the great ideas of maths - from negative numbers to calculus, fat tails to infinity - with clarity, wit and insight. He is the maths teacher you never had and this book is perfect for the smart and curious, the expert and the beginner.
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Author:
Strogatz, Steven, authorCloud
Imprint:
[S.l.] : Atlantic Books, 2012.
Collation:
1 online resource336 p.
Notes:
Electronic book.Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Atlantic Books 2012 Available via World Wide Web.
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Format: Adobe EPUBRequires: cloudLibrary (file size: 6.2 MB)
ISBN:
9780857898456
Language:
English
Related title:
The joy of X : a guided tour of mathematics, from one to infinity
BRN:
3150223