This annual anthology brings together the year's finest
mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new
voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, "The Best
Writing on Mathematics 2013" makes available to a wide audience
many articles not easily found anywhere else--and you don't need to
be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising
insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics
today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and
everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of
today's hottest mathematical debates. Here Philip Davis offers a
panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao
discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex
systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises
out of nothing; Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the
mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest
effective remedies; Elie Ayache argues that exchange prices reached
in open market transactions transcend the common notion of
probability; and much, much more.
In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on
mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a foreword by
esteemed mathematical physicist Roger Penrose and an introduction
by the editor, Mircea Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of
anyone interested in where math has taken us--and where it is
headed.
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