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X marks the spot : the lost inheritance of mathematics / Richard Garfinkle, David Garfinkle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garfinkle, Richard, author.
- Garfinkle, David, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--History.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics--Study and teaching.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 462 pages) : illustrations
- polychrome
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- David Garfinkle was born in 1958 and wanted to be a physicist ever since his first year of high school. He got a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1980 and a PhD from The University of Chicago in 1985. Since 1991 he has been a physics professor at Oakland University in Michigan. David is the author of over 100 articles in physics journals. His main areas of research are black holes, spacetime singularities, and gravitational radiation. He performs computer simulations of gravitational collapse to resolve questions about black holes and singularities. David was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with the citation reading "for his numerous contributions to a wide variety of topics in relativity and semiclassical gravity." David and Richard have written Three Steps to the Universe (U. of Chicago Press, 2008) a book on black holes and dark matter. For the better part of his early life, Richard Garfinkle thought he wanted to be a mathematician. He went so far as to spend four years studying math at the University of Chicago before discovering that he really wanted to be a writer. He has had several science fiction and fantasy novels published. His first Celestial Matters (Tor 1996) won the Compton Crook award for best first novel. Richard and David have written Three Steps to the Universe (U. of Chicago Press, 2008) a book on black holes and dark matter. For his day job, he programs computers. Richard lives in Chicago with his wife and children.
- Contents:
- Why this book?
- Sticks and stones
- Abstraction, mistrust, and laziness
- Algebra, geometry, analysis : the mathematical mindsets
- Analytic geometry
- Calculus : motion and size
- The language of motion
- Sound, notes, and harmonics
- Probability and statistics
- Other geometries : not so straight, these sticks
- Algebra and the rise of abstraction
- The smith and the knight
- Building the theoretical universe
- Computers
- The theoretical universe of modern physics : toolkit included
- Math education & math in education.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 10, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Garfinkle, David, 1958- X marks the spot
- ISBN:
- 9780429197758
- 0429197756
- 9780429588624
- 0429588623
- 9780429590566
- 0429590563
- 9780429586682
- 042958668X
- Publisher Number:
- 99987050074
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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