The best writing on mathematics [electronic resource]. 2011

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서명/저자사항	The best writing on mathematics [electronic resource]. 2011 / Mircea Pitici, editor.
개인저자	Pitici, Mircea, 1965-.
발행사항	Princeton: Princeton University Press, c2012.
형태사항	1 online resource (xxx, 383 p.) : ill.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Best writing on mathematics, 2011. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012 9780691153155
ISBN	9781400839544 (electronic bk.) 1400839548 (electronic bk.)
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references.
내용주기	What is mathematics for? / Underwood Dudley -- A tisket, a tasket, an Apollonian gasket / Dana Mackenzie -- The quest for God's number / Rik van Grol -- Meta-morphism : from graduate student to networked mathematician / Andrew Schultz -- One, two, many : individuality and collectivity in mathematics / Melvyn B. Nathanson -- Reflections on the decline of mathematical tables / Martin Campbell-Kelly -- Under-represented, then over-represented : a memoir of Jews in American mathematics / Reuben Hersh -- Did over-reliance on mathematical models for risk assessment create the financial crisis? / David J. Hand -- Fill in the blanks : using math to turn lo-res datasets into hi-res samples / Jordan Ellenberg -- The great principles of computing / Peter J. Denning -- Computer generation of ribbed sculptures / James Hamlin and Carlo H. Se?quin -- Lorenz system offers manifold possibilities for art / Barry A. Cipra -- The mathematical side of M.C. Escher / Doris Schattschneider -- Celebrating mathematics in stone and bronze / Helaman Ferguson and Claire Ferguson -- Mathematics education : theory, practice, and memories over 50 years / John Mason -- Thinking and comprehending in the mathematics classroom / Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Heather Anderson -- Teaching research : encouraging discoveries / Francis Edward Su -- Reflections of an accidental theorist / Alan H. Schoenfeld -- The conjoint origin of proof and theoretical physics / Hans Niels Jahnke -- What makes mathematics mathematics? / Ian Hacking -- What anti-realism in philosophy of mathematics must offer / Feng Ye -- Seeing numbers / Ivan M. Havel -- Autism and mathematical talent / Ioan James -- How much math is too much math? / Chris J. Budd and Rob Eastaway -- Hidden dimensions / Marianne Freiberger -- Playing with matches / Erica Klarreich.
일반주제명	Mathematics. Science. MATHEMATICS --Essays. MATHEMATICS --Pre-Calculus. MATHEMATICS --Reference. Mathematics. MATHEMATICS / General.
분류기호(DDC)	510
언어	영어
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