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Do I Count? - Stories from Mathematics (Hardcover)
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Do I Count? - Stories from Mathematics (Hardcover)
Series: AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
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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 G nter 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 Erdos 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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