The joy of X : : a guided tour of math, from one to infinity /

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 0544105850 (pbk.); 0547517653 (hardback); 9780544105850 (pbk.); 9780547517650 (hardback)
• Title: The joy of X : : a guided tour of math, from one to infinity /
• Edition: First Mariner books edition.
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: Boston : : Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
• Publication Date: 2013,
• Extent: xii, 316 pages : ; 21 cm
• Contributor: Steven Strogatz.
• Text Language Code: eng
• NDC 10th ed.: 410.4 : Mathematics
• Target Audience: 一般
• Note (General): pt. 1. Numbers. From fish to infinity: An introduction to numbers, pointing out their upsides (they're efficient) as well as their downsides (they're ethereal) -- Rock groups: Treating numbers concretely--think rocks--can make calculations less baffling -- The enemy of my enemy: The disturbing concept of subtraction, and how we deal with the fact that negative numbers seem so negative -- Commuting: When you buy jeans on sale, do you save more money if the clerk applies the discount after the tax, or before? -- Division and its discontents: Helping Verizon grasp the difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents -- Location, location, location: How the place-value system for writing numbers brought arithmetic to the masses -- pt. 2. Relationships. The joy of x: Arithmetic becomes algebra when we begin working with unknowns and formulas -- Finding your roots: Complex numbers, a hybrid of the imaginary and the real, are the pinnacle of number systems -- My tub runneth over: Turning peril to pleasure in word problems -- Working your quads: The quadratic formula may never win any beauty contests, but the ideas behind it are ravishing -- Power tools: In math, the function of functions is to transform -- pt. 3. Shapes. Square dancing: Geometry, intuition, and the long road from Pythagoras to Einstein -- Something from nothing: Like any other creative act, constructing a proof begins with inspiration -- The conic conspiracy: The uncanny similarities between parabolas and ellipses suggest hidden forces at work -- Sine qua non: Sine waves everywhere, from Ferris wheels to zebra stripes -- Take it to the limit: Archimedes recognized the power of the infinite and in the process laid the groundwork for calculus -- pt. 4. Change. Change we can believe in: Differential calculus can show you the best path from A to B, and Michael Jordan's dunks help explain why -- It slices, it dices: The lasting legacy of integral calculus is a Veg-O-Matic view of the universe -- All about e: How many people should you date before settling down? Your grandmother knows, and so does the number e -- Loves me, loves me not: Differential equations made sense of planetary motion. But the course of true love? Now that's confusing -- Step into the light: A light beam is a pas de deux of electric and magnetic fields, and vector calculus is its choreographer -- pt. 5. Data. The new normal: Bell curves are out. Fat tails are in -- Chances are: The improbable thrills of probability theory -- Untangling the Web: How Google solved the Zen riddle of Internet search using linear algebra -- pt. 6. Frontiers. The loneliest numbers: Prime numbers, solitary and inscrutable, space themselves apart in mysterious ways -- Group think: Group theory, one of the most versatile parts of math, bridges art and science -- Twist and shout: Playing with Möbius strips and music boxes, and a better way to cut a bagel -- Think globally: Differential geometry reveals the shortest route between two points on a globe or any other curved surface -- Analyze this!: Why calculus, once so smug and cocky, had to put itself on the couch -- The Hilbert Hotel : An exploration of infinity as this book, not being infinite, comes to an end.; "An Eamon Dolan book."
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• Note (Library): 301
• Call No.: 410.4-S92-J
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• Bibliographic ID (SomokuID): 1352050805; 7114473884
• OCLC No.: (OCoLC)859543883; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/(OCoLC)859543883