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Nature's Numbers - Discovering Order and Pattern in the Universe
Why do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few have six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have spots? This book takes the reader on a mathematical sightseeing tour of the natural…
Het symmetrie monster
Hoe is het om door een briljante ingeving een eeuwenoud wiskundig vraagstuk op te lossen? En om, tien minuten later, erachter te komen dat je daarbij een denkfout hebt gemaakt?
Marcus du Sautoy begint zijn persoonlijke zoektocht naar de geheimen…
Het wiskunde boek
Dit prachtig geïllustreerde wiskundeboek bevat 250 van de meest intrigerende mijlpalen uit de geschiedenis van de wiskunde. Op originele wijze beschrijft de auteur Pickover de stellingen, reeksen, functies, uitvindingen, problemen et cetera. Het…
Understanding Variation
We live in the Information Age, and much of that information comes to us in the form of numbers. But before numerical information can be useful it must be analysed, interpreted, and assimilated. Unfortunately, teaching the techniques for making sense…
The fontana history of mathematical sciences
This is an exploration of the development of mathematics, from the ancient to the modern world. It covers all the major aspects of the discipline - early geometry, the growth of calculus and mechanics, the development of algebra, and the interplay…
50 inzichten wiskunde onmisbare basiskennis
50 INZICHTEN WISKUNDEONMISBARE BASISKENNIS 50 inzichten wiskunde beschrijft de basisbegrippen uit de wiskunde invijftig heldere essays. Het behandelt onder meer de oorsprong van dewiskunde, de Egyptische deelsommen en de Romeinse getallen, de…
Pi in the sky
John D. Barrow's Pi in the Sky is a profound -- and profoundly different -- exploration of the world of mathematics: where it comes from, what it is, and where it's going to take us if we follow it to the limit in our search for the ultimate meaning…
The Ellipse A Historical and Mathematical journey
The Ellipse features a unique, narrative approach when presenting the development of this mathematical fixture, revealing its parallels to mankind's advancement from the Counter-Reformation to the Enlightenment. Incorporating illuminating…
A beginner's guide to constructing the universe
Discover how mathematical sequences abound in our natural world in this definitive exploration of the geography of the cosmos
You need not be a philosopher or a botanist, and certainly not a mathematician, to enjoy the bounty of the world around us.…