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Mathematics, a human endeavor : a book for those who think they don't like the subject / Harold R. Jacobs.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QA93 .J33 1982
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, Harold R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Popular works.
- Mathematics.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 649 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.H. Freeman, [1982]
- Contents:
- 1 Mathematical Ways of Thinking
- The Path of the Billiard Ball
- More Billiard-Ball Mathematics
- Inductive Reasoning: Finding and Extending Patterns
- The Limitations of Inductive Reasoning
- Deductive Reasoning: Mathematical Proof
- Number Tricks and Deductive Reasoning
- 2 Number Sequences
- Arithmetic Sequences
- Geometric Sequences
- The Binary Sequence
- The Sequence of Squares
- The Sequence of Cubes
- Fibonacci Sequence
- 3 Functions and Their Graphs
- The Idea of a Function
- Descartes and the Coordinate Graph
- Functions with Line Graphs
- Functions with Parabolic Graphs
- More Functions with Curved Graphs
- Interpolation and Extrapolation: Guessing Between and Beyond
- 4 Large Numbers and Logarithms
- Large Numbers
- Scientific Notation
- An Introduction to Logarithms
- Decimal Logarithms
- Logarithms and Scientific Notation
- Exponential Functions
- 5 Symmetry and Regular Figures
- Symmetry
- Regular Polygons
- Mathematical Mosaics
- Regular Polyhedra
- Pyramids and Prisms
- 6 Mathematical Curves
- The Circle and the Ellipse
- The Parabola
- The Hyperbola
- The Sine Curve
- Spirals
- The Cycloid
- 7 Methods of Counting
- The Fundamental Counting Principle
- Permutations
- More on Permutations
- Combinations
- 8 The Mathematics of Chance
- Probability: The Measure of Chance
- Dice Games and Probability
- Probabilities of Successive Events
- Binomial Probability
- Pascal's Triangle
- Independent and Dependent Events
- The Birthday Problem: Complimentary Events
- 9 An Introduction to Statistics
- Organizing Data: Frequency
- Distributions
- The Breaking of Ciphers and Codes: An Application of Statistics
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Variability
- Displaying Data: Statistical Graphs
- Collecting Data: Sampling
- 10 Topics in Topology
- The Mathematics of Distortion
- The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg: An Introduction to Networks
- Euler Paths
- Trees
- The Moebius Strip and Other Surfaces.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0716713268
- OCLC:
- 7977811
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