Putting two and two together : selections from the Mathologer files / Burkard Polster, Marty Ross.
"Putting Two and Two Together is a humorous and quirky collection of unusual, ingenious, and beautiful morsels of mathematics. Authors Burkard Polster (YouTube's Mathologer) and Marty Ross delve into mathematical puzzles and phenomena in engaging stories featuring current events, sports, a...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Providence, Rhode Island :
American Mathematical Society,
[2021]
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| Series: | Applied mathematics
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "Putting Two and Two Together is a humorous and quirky collection of unusual, ingenious, and beautiful morsels of mathematics. Authors Burkard Polster (YouTube's Mathologer) and Marty Ross delve into mathematical puzzles and phenomena in engaging stories featuring current events, sports, and history, many flavored with a distinctive bit of Australiana. Each chapter ends with "puzzles to ponder" that will spur further reflection. These stories were written for a general audience, and originally appeared in the Maths Masters column in The Age newspaper. The book offers mathematical entertainment for curious readers of all ages, and assumes a minimum of mathematical background"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Item Description: | "Applied mathematics"--Cover. "This is our second book of mathematics columns, following on from A Dingo Ate My Math Book"--Preface. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page xiii) |
| ISBN: | 9781470468255 1470468255 |