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Math bytes : Google bombs, chocolate-covered pi, and other cool bits in computing / Timothy P. Chartier.

LIBRA QA93 .C47 2014
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Format:
Author/Creator:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • Popular works.
Physical Description:
xi, 136 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Contents:
  • Your first byte
  • Deceiving arithmetic
  • Two by two
  • Infinite detail
  • Plot the course
  • Doodling into a labyrinth
  • Obama-cize yourself
  • Painting with M&Ms
  • Distorting reality
  • A pretty mathematical face
  • March MATHness
  • Ranking a googol of bits
  • A byte to go
  • Up to the challenge
  • List of figures.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
  • 9780691160603
  • 0691160600
OCLC:
854541619

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