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Bezig met laden... Knotted Doughnuts and Other Mathematical Entertainmentsdoor Martin Gardner
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I've read many of Martin Gardner's collections of expanded columns from Scientific American and enjoyed this more than any, with the possible exception of the real joy I got on discovering the first of them in my teens many years ago. I think that enjoyment is heightened by having read much of Gardner's other writing in the intervening years and coming to know more about the extent to which he is a self-taught expert - a journalist of his many subjects. Highlights for me in this collection are the chapters on Coincidence, Newcomb's Paradox, Crossing Numbers, Elevators and Doughnuts, Linked and Knotted. Also worthy of special mention are his essays on Napier's Bones and Napier's Abacus, which showed me that I knew a lot less about these subjects than I thought I did, and that on Waring's Problems, one of those classes of number problems that are easy to describe and incredibly challenging to approach to even the best number theorists. And there's a final gem, printed out of sequence - his final column for Scientific American which tears to shreds the nonsense behind many economic theories but most specifically that behind the Laffer Curve. The controlled rage of a man angry at seeing a nation being destroyed by pseudo-science has rarely been better expressed and is a remarkable contrast to the joy of discovery and invention that is usually seen in his columns. A collection of gems, worthy of many revisits. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Mathematical Games (11)
Introduces puzzles and math problems involving coincidence, ciphers, games, the I Ching, geometric figures, and paradoxes. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)793.74The arts Recreational and performing arts Indoor games and amusements Non-action games, puzzles [boardgames now 794] Mathematical games and puzzlesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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More geometries, i-ching , paradoxes and an interesting chapter on elevators. That man certainly had broad scope in recreational mathematics. ( )