Relax: no one understands technical mathematics without lengthy
training but we all have an intuitive grasp of the ideas behind the
symbols. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), this book is
designed to showcase the beauty of mathematics - including images
inspired by mathematical problems - together with its unreasonable
effectiveness and applicability, without frying your brain.
The book is a collection of 50 original essays contributed by a
wide variety of authors. It contains articles by some of the best
expositors of the subject (du Sautoy, Singh and Stewart for
example) together with entertaining biographical pieces and
articles of relevance to our everyday lives (such as Spiegelhalter
on risk and Elwes on medical imaging). The topics covered are
deliberately diverse and involve concepts from simple numerology to
the very cutting edge of mathematics research. Each article is
designed to be read in one sitting and to be accessible to a
general audience.
There is also other content. There are 50 pictorial 'visions of
mathematics' which were supplied in response to an open call for
contributions from IMA members, Plus readers and the worldwide
mathematics community. You'll also find a series of "proofs" of
Phythagoras's Theorem - mathematical, literary and comedy - after
this, you'll never think of Pythagoras the same way again.
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