Things to Make and do in the Fourth Dimension : : a Mathematician's Journey Through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least two Kinds of Infinity, and More
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Originally published: London : Particular Books, 2014.
The zeroth chapter -- Can you digit? -- Making shapes -- Be there and be square -- Shape shifting -- Shapes : now in ₃D -- Pack it up, pack it in -- Prime time -- Knot a problem -- Just for graphs -- The fourth dimension -- The algorithm method -- How to build a computer -- Number mash-ups -- Ridiculous shapes -- Higher dimensions -- Good data die hard -- ridiculous numbers -- To infinity and beyond -- The subsequent chapter -- The answers at the back of the book.
A mathematician and comedian offers games, puzzles, and hands-on activities to help those with a fear of math understand and enjoy the logical tools and abstract concepts of the subject normally only accessible at college-level study.
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New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: 453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374275655
0374275653
SUBJECTS
Mathematics.
Mathematics -- Humor.
Mathematical recreations.