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The heart of mathematics : an invitation to effective thinking / Edward B. Burger, Williams College, Michael Starbird, the University of Texas at Austin.
Math/Physics/Astronomy - Reserve QA39.3 .B87 2013
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burger, Edward B., 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 900 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2013]
- Summary:
- "Mathematicians encounter surprising and fascinating ideas such as infinity, chaos, fractals, the fourth dimension, rubber sheet geometry, coincidences, and other intriguing topics ... These ideas portray effective strategies in everyday thinking that add value to how people make real-life decisions in areas of love and business to art and politics. This book makes these ideas accessible to all students."--Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Fun and games
- Number contemplation
- Infinity
- Geometric gems
- Contortions of space
- Modeling our world through graphs
- Fractals and chaos
- Taming uncertainty
- Meaning from data
- Deciding wisely.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781118156599
- 1118156595
- 1118235703
- 9781118235706
- OCLC:
- 828187868
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