50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know

Cod : 9781848667051

Adauga in Wishlist

-43%

Detalii produs

Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a butterfly's wings really cause a storm on the far side of the world? In 50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us. Packed with diagrams, examples and anecdotes, this book is the perfect overview of this often daunting but always essential subject. For once, mathematics couldn't be simpler. Contents include: Origins of mathematics, from Egyptian fractions to Roman numerals; Pi and primes, Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio; What calculus, statistics and algebra can actually do; The very real uses of imaginary numbers; The Big Ideas of relativity, Chaos theory, Fractals, Genetics and hyperspace; The reasoning behind Sudoku and code cracking, Lotteries and gambling, Money manageme

RRP* 90,69Lei

Preț 51,98Lei

Stoc : 0

0 (0 review-uri)

Preturile includ TVA.

*RRP este prescurtarea din limba engleza pentru Recommended Retail Price care se traduce in limba romana in Pret Recomandat de Vanzare.
Acest pret este afisat pe carte de catre editura. Se mai numeste si "Pret recomandat de producător".

Cantitate

RRP* 90⁶⁹ Lei

Descriere

Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a butterfly's wings really cause a storm on the far side of the world?

In 50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us.

Packed with diagrams, examples and anecdotes, this book is the perfect overview of this often daunting but always essential subject. For once, mathematics couldn't be simpler.

Contents include: Origins of mathematics, from Egyptian fractions to Roman numerals; Pi and primes, Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio; What calculus, statistics and algebra can actually do; The very real uses of imaginary numbers; The Big Ideas of relativity, Chaos theory, Fractals, Genetics and hyperspace; The reasoning behind Sudoku and code cracking, Lotteries and gambling, Money management and compound interest; Solving of Fermat's last theorem and the million-dollar question of the Riemann hypothesis.

Specificatii

Anul publicarii	2014
ISBN	9781848667051
Format coperta	Hardback
Numar pagini	208
Limba	English
Domeniul	Matematica
Autor	Tony Crilly
De aceeasi editura	Credo Reference.
CM	10614
DS	D/0#BR/0#MEGA/5
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9781848667051
Dimensiuni	Height: 8.11022 Inches, Length: 7.0866 Inches, Weight: 1.1904962148 Pounds, Width: 0.94488 Inches