Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities by Ian Stewart (English)

Description: Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities by Ian Stewart From one of the worlds most beloved popular writers on mathematics, a fun and challenging collection of games, puzzles, stories, and more FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Knowing that the most exciting math is not taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical games, puzzles, stories, and factoids intended for the adventurous mind. This book reveals the most exhilarating oddities from Professor Stewarts legendary cabinet. Inside, you will find hidden gems of logic, geometry, and probabilitylike how to extract a cherry from a cocktail glass (harder than you think), a pop-up dodecahedron, and the real reason why you cant divide anything by zero. Scattered among these are keys to Fermats last theorem, the Poincar conjecture, chaos theory, and the P=NP problem (youll win a million dollars if you solve it). You never know what enigmas youll find in the Stewart cabinet, but theyre sure to be clever, mind-expanding, and delightfully fun. Notes Professor Stewarts Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities Author Biography Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He has written over seventy books, many of which are popular accounts of science and mathematics. His writing has appeared in New Scientist, Discover,Scientific American, and many newspapers in the United States and the United Kingdom. He lives in Coventry, England. Review Booklist "[Armchair mathematicians] are certain to find pleasure in this cornucopia of puzzles, brainteasers, and digressions... The ideal book for dispelling the supposed drudgery of mathematics with its real magic." New Scientist "Stewart has a genius for explanation that allows details of the Poincare conjecture and Riemann hypothesis to sit happily alongside a quip about a chicken crossing a Mobius strip... Mathematics doesnt come more entertaining than this." Chicago Tribune "The exciting side of math -- puzzles, games and thrilling oddities." Science News "What positive integer is equal to its own Scrabble score when spelled out in full? Stewart...offers this and a hodgepodge of other puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, tricks, facts and jokes, which he accurately calls curiosities.." IEEE Spectrum "Open one of the 179 drawers in Professor Stewarts cabinet, and you might find just a one-liner...or a seven-page essay on Fermats last theorem... The book can be devoured in one giant gulp or savored, one curiosity at a time." Promotional Professor Stewarts Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities Review Quote "What positive integer is equal to its own Scrabble score when spelled out in full? Stewart...offers this and a hodgepodge of other puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, tricks, facts and jokes, which he accurately calls curiosities.."-- Science News Details ISBN0465013023 Author Ian Stewart Short Title PROFESSOR STEWARTS CABINET Language English ISBN-10 0465013023 ISBN-13 9780465013029 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 793.74 Year 2009 Imprint Basic Books Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Birth 1945 Residence ENK DOI 10.1604/9780465013029 AU Release Date 2009-01-05 NZ Release Date 2009-01-05 US Release Date 2009-01-05 UK Release Date 2009-01-05 Pages 320 Publisher Basic Books Publication Date 2009-01-05 Illustrations P Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:17581053;

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