This bilingual (German/English) edition of the talk given at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin, 1998, with illustrations by K. H. Hofmann and an introduction by David Mumford, discusses the role of mathematics within our culture.
Challenge yourself at home with number puzzles A mental workout to rival Su Doku! Dozens of compelling and addictive maths puzzles to challenge your mental arithmetic, multiplication skills and powers of deductive reasoning. For all number puzzles addicts. Varying levels of difficulty. Tetonor rules: each number in the main grid can be formed by adding or multiplying a pair of numbers in the strip below the grid. Each pair of numbers should b...
These second-degree dot-to-dots turn puzzles into works of art. Conceptis has taken art of the dot-to-dot to an exciting new level--level two, following their first round of popular dot-to-dot martial arts books. When completed, the 122 puzzles in this collection reveal intricate pictures that range from people to animals to landscapes, all perfect for coloring in. These dot-to-dots are super-tough, and include many of the "multi-line" puzzles where you have to lift your pencil from the pag...
Sixteen of today's greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles in a story-driven, illustrated volume that invites readers to peek over the edge of the unknown.Most people think of mathematics as a set of useful tools designed to answer analytical questions, beginning with simple arithmetic and ending with advanced calculus. But, as Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries shows, mathematics is filled with intriguing mysteries that take us to the edge of the unknown. This richly illustrated, stor...
From Zero to Infinity is a combination of number lore, number history, and sparkling descriptions of the simply stated but exceedingly difficult problems posed by the most ordinary numbers that first appeared in 1955 and has been kept in print continuously ever since. With the fifth edition this classic has been updated to report on advances in number theory over the last 50 years, including the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Deceptively simple in style and structure, it is a book to which the...
Hooray for Me Time! Medium Crossword Puzzles One Clue Crossword Books
by Puzzle Therapist
The International Language of Numbers Sudoku Travel Size
by Senor Sudoku
One Equals Zero and Other Mathematical Surprises
by Nitsa Movshovitz-hadar and John Webb
One equals zero! Every number is greater than itself! All triangles are isosceles! Surprised? Welcome to the world of One Equals Zero and Other Mathematical Surprises. In this engaging book of blackline activity masters, all men are bald, mistakes are lucky, and teachers can never spring surprise tests on their students! Each paradox, fallacy, and mind boggler in One Equals Zero will challenge high school students at any grade level, encourage them to look at familiar mathematical situations in...
Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics (Princeton Puzzlers)
by Robert B. Banks
Common activities, such as skipping, playing football, growing flowers, measuring saving accounts and many others are inherently mathematical. The text is centred on real-world phenomenon, such as how tall can one grow? Why do we get stuck in traffic? Can California water shortages be alleviated by towing icebergs from Antarctica? What is the fastest the 100-metre dash will ever be run? This text uses math and reasoning together, to produce models to explain everything from the federal debt to t...
The All-Around IQ Challenger Sudoku Word Search Book 240 Puzzles for Adults
by Speedy Publishing
Gli ultimi libri di allenamento Sudoku per adulti oltre 200 rompicapi Sudoku sempre con se
by Speedy Publishing
A colorful tour through the intriguing world of mathematics Take a grand tour of the best of modern math, its most elegant solutions, most clever discoveries, most mind-bending propositions, and most impressive personalities. Writing with a light touch while showing the real mathematics, author Peter Schumer introduces you to the history of mathematics, number theory, combinatorics, geometry, graph theory, and "recreational mathematics." Requiring only high school math and a healthy curiosity, M...
La forma inteligente de jugar Libro desafiante de sudokus, volumen 1, con 240 juegos
by Puzzle Therapist
The Game Book for Seniors - Sudoku Puzzle Books Large Print
by Senor Sudoku
Combinatorial Extremization: In Mathematical Olympiad And Competitions (Mathematical Olympiad, #13)
by Yuefeng Feng
In China, lots of excellent students who are good at maths takes an active part in various maths contests and the best six senior high school students will be selected to form the IMO National Team to compete in the International Mathematical Olympiad. In the past ten years China's IMO Team has achieved outstanding results - they have won the first place almost every year.The author is one of the coaches of China's IMO National Team, whose students have won many gold medals many times in IMO.Thi...
Collected and enhanced from Dennis Shasha's popular Scientific American column, here are thirty-six of the most innovative and emotive mathematical puzzles ever to appear in its pages. Edgy, challenging and representing the ultimate in recreational mathematical games, Puzzling Adventures dares the reader to work out the logic underlying venture fund investments, escape a Minotaur, catch a polar bear, play power politics, work out if a witness is lying, spy on contraband traders and verify DNA. A...
"Among the many expositions of Goedel's incompleteness theorems written for non-specialists, this book stands apart. With exceptional clarity, Franzen gives careful, non-technical explanations both of what those theorems say and, more importantly, what they do not. No other book aims, as his does, to address in detail the misunderstandings and abuses of the incompleteness theorems that are so rife in popular discussions of their significance. As an antidote to the many spurious appeals to incomp...