The subject of mathematics is not something distant, strange,
and abstract that you can only learn about and often dislike in
school. It is in everyday situations, such as housekeeping,
communications, traffic, and weather reports. Taking you on a trip
into the world of mathematics, Do I Count? Stories from Mathematics
describes in a clear and captivating way the people behind the
numbers and the places where mathematics is made.
Written by top scientist and engaging storyteller Gunter M.
Ziegler and translated by Thomas von Foerster, the book presents
mathematics and mathematicians in a manner that you have not
previously encountered. It guides you on a scenic tour through the
field, pointing out which beds were useful in constructing which
theorems and which notebooks list the prizes for solving particular
problems. Forgoing esoteric areas, the text relates mathematics to
celebrities, history, travel, politics, science and technology,
weather, clever puzzles, and the future.
- Can bees count?
- Is 13 bad luck?
- Are there equations for everything?
- What s the real practical value of the Pythagorean
Theorem?
- Are there Sudoku puzzles with fewer than 17 entries and just
one solution?
- Where and how do mathematicians work?
- Who invented proofs and why do we need them?
- Why is there no Nobel Prize for mathematics?
- What kind of life did Paul Erd s lead?
Find out the answers to these and other questions in this
entertaining book of stories. You ll see that everyone counts, but
no computation is needed."
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