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Author : Andrew J. Simoson
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470458454
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Voltaire’s Riddle written by Andrew J. Simoson and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marcel Danesi Ph.D.
Publisher : Wellfleet Press
ISBN 13 : 1577151984
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (771 download)
Download or read book The Curious History of the Riddle written by Marcel Danesi Ph.D. and published by Wellfleet Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Curious History of the Riddle investigates the fascinating origin and history of the riddle, from the very first riddle (the Riddle of the Sphinx) to the twenty-first century, with riddles found in pop culture, including movies (Us), television shows (Game of Thrones) video games, and escape rooms. Riddles are ageless, timeless, and so common that we hardly ever reflect upon what they are and how they originated. Most importantly, their invention helped in the development of lateral thinking, the form of thinking that is the foundation of all kinds of discoveries, from mathematics to science and beyond. In The Curious History of the Riddle, puzzle expert Marcel Danesi delves deep into the riddle's origin and history and covers these fascinating topics: 1. The Riddle of the Sphinx: Origins, Legends, Patterns What creature walks on all fours at dawn, two at midday, and three at twilight? (answer: man) 2. The Greek Anthology and the Exeter Book: Medieval Views and Uses of Riddles This chapter looks at the spread of the riddle in recreational and educational contexts. 3. The Merry Book of Riddles: Riddles in the Renaissance By the late Renaissance, riddles were being tailored more and more to produce humorous or whimsical effects. 4. Enigmas, Charades, and Conundrums: Riddles from the 1600s to the Twentieth Century After the Renaissance, riddles had become virtually every literate European person’s favorite form of recreation, and were included as regular features of many newspapers and periodicals 5. The Twentieth Century: Riddles as Children’s Literature In the twentieth century, riddles became specialized for children, spreading throughout children’s literature and educational manuals. 6. The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: Riddles Go to the Movies and Online In this chapter, the focus is on riddles in various entertainment media, from best-selling novels such as Harry Potter, to movies, such as the Batman series. 7. Connections: Riddles and Rebuses This chapter explores the structure of rebuses as visual riddles, connecting them historically. Part history book, part puzzle book, The Curious History of the Riddle is fully illustrated with over 200 riddles interspersed throughout the text for solving.
Author : Nicholas Cronk
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191512761
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Voltaire: A Very Short Introduction written by Nicholas Cronk and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voltaire (1694-1778), best remembered as the author of Candide, is one of the central actors -- arguably the defining personality -- of the European Enlightenment. In this Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cronk explores Voltaire's remarkable career and demonstrates how his thinking is pivotal to our notion and understanding of the Enlightenment. In a fresh and modern examination of his writings, Cronk examines the nature of Voltaire's literary celebrity, demonstrating the extent to which his work was reactive and practical, and therefore made sense within the broader context of the debates to which he responded. The most famous living author in Europe in the 18th century, Cronk emphasises Voltaire's skills of 'performance' as a writer and his continued relevance today. He concludes by looking not only at Voltaire's impact in literature and philosophy, but also his influence on French political values and modern French politics. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Marcel Danesi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1641520086
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (415 download)
Download or read book The 125 Best Brain Teasers of All Time written by Marcel Danesi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solve history's greatest puzzles with this classic collection of brain teasers from The Best Brain Teasers of All Time. The best brain teasers are those that have challenged and captivated the attention of puzzle lovers throughout time. Collected here to keep your wits sharp, The Best Brain Teasers of All Time features the cleverest brain teasers from around the world and throughout history. The Best Brain Teasers of All Time gives you hours of fun-filled entertainment with brain teasers that develop your problem-solving skills in math, logic, and wordplay. Organized as an integrated challenge, these brain teasers build in momentum as they increase in difficulty from classic nursery rhymes to the riddle of the sphinx. The Best Brain Teasers of All Time puts your mind to the test with: 125 Brain Teasers that require no special skills to solve. Plus, each question comes with an optional clue in case you get stumped and a handy answer key in the back to test yourself or play with friends Brain Teasers for Every Level that cater to beginners and advanced masterminds alike, with brain teasers organized by level of difficulty to improve your skills as you move forward Hints of History that provide fun facts and background information for every brain teaser Get ready to sharpen your wit with every "aha" moment. The Best Brain Teasers of All Time is a go-to source for timeless fun and mind-blowing challenges.
Author : Charles Barry Townsend
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402702143
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Curious Book of Mind-boggling Teasers, Tricks, Puzzles & Games written by Charles Barry Townsend and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematical dupes, sleights of hand, shady shuffles, and impossible predictions: these are just a few of the 80 ways to use a pack of cards to dazzle and baffle everyone.
Author : Mircea Pitici
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691153159
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011 written by Mircea Pitici and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year's finest writing on mathematics from around the world This anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else—and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. Here Ian Hacking discusses the salient features that distinguish mathematics from other disciplines of the mind; Doris Schattschneider identifies some of the mathematical inspirations of M. C. Escher's art; Jordan Ellenberg describes compressed sensing, a mathematical field that is reshaping the way people use large sets of data; Erica Klarreich reports on the use of algorithms in the job market for doctors; and much, much more. In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a foreword by esteemed physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us—and where it is headed.
Author : Tom M. Apostol
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470443368
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)
Download or read book New Horizons in Geometry written by Tom M. Apostol and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calculus problems solved by elementary geometrical methods --- page 4 of cover.
Author : Steven G. Krantz
Publisher : MAA
ISBN 13 : 0883853574
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (838 download)
Download or read book A Guide to Functional Analysis written by Steven G. Krantz and published by MAA. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a quick but precise and careful introduction to the subject of functional analysis. It covers the basic topics that can be found in a basic graduate analysis text. But it also covers more sophisticated topics such as spectral theory, convexity, and fixed-point theorems. A special feature of the book is that it contains a great many examples and even some applications. It concludes with a statement and proof of Lomonosov's dramatic result about invariant subspaces.
Author : Claudi Alsina
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470456168
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Icons of Mathematics: An Exploration of Twenty Key Images written by Claudi Alsina and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present twenty icons of mathematics, that is, geometrical shapes such as the right triangle, the Venn diagram, and the yang and yin symbol and explore mathematical results associated with them. As with their previous books (Charming Proofs, When Less is More, Math Made Visual) proofs are visual whenever possible. The results require no more than high-school mathematics to appreciate and many of them will be new even to experienced readers. Besides theorems and proofs, the book contains many illustrations and it gives connections of the icons to the world outside of mathematics. There are also problems at the end of each chapter, with solutions provided in an appendix. The book could be used by students in courses in problem solving, mathematical reasoning, or mathematics for the liberal arts. It could also be read with pleasure by professional mathematicians, as it was by the members of the Dolciani editorial board, who unanimously recommend its publication.
Author : Underwood Dudley
Publisher : MAA
ISBN 13 : 9780883853474
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (534 download)
Download or read book A Guide to Elementary Number Theory written by Underwood Dudley and published by MAA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory guide to elementary number theory for advanced undergraduates and graduates.
Author : Joseph A. Gallian
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1614442002
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Mathematics and Sports written by Joseph A. Gallian and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible compendium of essays on the broad theme of mathematics and sports.
Author : Keith Kendig
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1614442037
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (144 download)
Download or read book A Guide to Plane Algebraic Curves written by Keith Kendig and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to plane algebraic curves that also serves as a natural entry point to algebraic geometry.
Author : Paul J. Nahin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691235325
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Mathematical Radio written by Paul J. Nahin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a modern radio works, told through mathematics, history, and selected puzzles The modern radio is a wonder, and behind that magic is mathematics. In The Mathematical Radio, Paul Nahin explains how radios work, deploying mathematics and historical discussion, accompanied by a steady stream of intriguing puzzles for math buffs to ponder. Beginning with oscillators and circuits, then moving on to AM, FM, and single-sideband radio, Nahin focuses on the elegant mathematics underlying radio technology rather than the engineering. He explores and explains more than a century of key developments, placing them in historical and technological context. Nahin, a prolific author of books on math for the general reader, describes in fascinating detail the mathematical underpinnings of a technology we use daily. He explains and solves, for example, Maxwell’s equations for the electromagnetic field. Readers need only a familarity with advanced high school–level math to follow Nahin’s mathematical discussions. Writing with the nonengineer in mind, Nahin examines topics including impulses in time and frequency, spectrum shifting at the transmitter, the superheterodyne, the physics of single-sideband radio, and FM sidebands. Chapters end with “challenge problems” and an appendix offers solutions, partial answers, and hints. Readers will come away with a new appreciation for the beauty of even the most useful mathematics.
Author : Arthur T. Benjamin
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0883853337
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (838 download)
Download or read book Proofs that Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof written by Arthur T. Benjamin and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2003-11-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipient of the Mathematical Association of America's Beckenbach Book Prize in 2006! Mathematics is the science of patterns, and mathematicians attempt to understand these patterns and discover new ones using a variety of tools. In Proofs That Really Count, award-winning math professors Arthur Benjamin and Jennifer Quinn demonstrate that many number patterns, even very complex ones, can be understood by simple counting arguments. The book emphasizes numbers that are often not thought of as numbers that count: Fibonacci Numbers, Lucas Numbers, Continued Fractions, and Harmonic Numbers, to name a few. Numerous hints and references are given for all chapter exercises and many chapters end with a list of identities in need of combinatorial proof. The extensive appendix of identities will be a valuable resource. This book should appeal to readers of all levels, from high school math students to professional mathematicians.
Author : Claudi Alsina
Publisher : MAA
ISBN 13 : 0883853485
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (838 download)
Download or read book Charming Proofs written by Claudi Alsina and published by MAA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theorems and their proofs lie at the heart of mathematics. In speaking of the purely aesthetic qualities of theorems and proofs, G. H. Hardy wrote that in beautiful proofs 'there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy'. Charming Proofs presents a collection of remarkable proofs in elementary mathematics that are exceptionally elegant, full of ingenuity, and succinct. By means of a surprising argument or a powerful visual representation, the proofs in this collection will invite readers to enjoy the beauty of mathematics, and to develop the ability to create proofs themselves. The authors consider proofs from topics such as geometry, number theory, inequalities, plane tilings, origami and polyhedra. Secondary school and university teachers can use this book to introduce their students to mathematical elegance. More than 130 exercises for the reader (with solutions) are also included.
Author : C. Ray Rosentrater
Publisher : The Mathematical Association of America
ISBN 13 : 0883853590
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (838 download)
Download or read book Varieties of Integration written by C. Ray Rosentrater and published by The Mathematical Association of America. This book was released on 2015-11-16 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Varieties of Integration explores the critical contributions by Riemann, Darboux, Lebesgue, Henstock, Kurzweil, and Stieltjes to the theory of integration and provides a glimpse of more recent variations of the integral such as those involving operator-valued measures. By the first year of graduate school, a young mathematician will have encountered at least three separate definitions of the integral. The associated integrals are typically studied in isolation with little attention paid to the relationships between them or to the historical issues that motivated their definitions. Varieties of Integration redresses this situation by introducing the Riemann, Darboux, Lebesgue, and gauge integrals in a single volume using a common set of examples. This approach allows the reader to see how the definitions influence proof techniques and computational strategies. Then the properties of the integrals are compared in three major areas: the class of integrable functions, the convergence properties of the integral, and the best form of the Fundamental Theorems of Calculus.
Author : Paul R. Halmos
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1614442126
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Linear Algebra Problem Book written by Paul R. Halmos and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1995-12-31 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linear Algebra Problem Book can be either the main course or the dessert for someone who needs linear algebraand today that means every user of mathematics. It can be used as the basis of either an official course or a program of private study. If used as a course, the book can stand by itself, or if so desired, it can be stirred in with a standard linear algebra course as the seasoning that provides the interest, the challenge, and the motivation that is needed by experienced scholars as much as by beginning students. The best way to learn is to do, and the purpose of this book is to get the reader to DO linear algebra. The approach is Socratic: first ask a question, then give a hint (if necessary), then, finally, for security and completeness, provide the detailed answer.
