Title:
Things to make and do in the fourth dimension : a mathematician's journey through narcissistic numbers, optimal dating algorithms, at least two kinds of infinity, and more
Author:
Parker, Matt (Mathematician), author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First American edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014.
Physical Description:
453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
A mathematician and comedian offers games, puzzles, and hands-on activities to help those with a fear of math understand and enjoy the logical tools and abstract concepts of the subject normally only accessible at college-level study.
General Note:
Originally published: London : Particular Books, 2014.
Language:
English
Contents:
The zeroth chapter -- Can you digit? -- Making shapes -- Be there and be square -- Shape shifting -- Shapes : now in ₃D -- Pack it up, pack it in -- Prime time -- Knot a problem -- Just for graphs -- The fourth dimension -- The algorithm method -- How to build a computer -- Number mash-ups -- Ridiculous shapes -- Higher dimensions -- Good data die hard -- ridiculous numbers -- To infinity and beyond -- The subsequent chapter -- The answers at the back of the book.
Genre:
ISBN:
9780374275655
Format :
Book
