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Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
通过 Ian Stewart
Paperback, 320 页, 发布时间 2009 通过 Basic Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-465-01302-9, ISBN: 0-465-01302-3

"Knowing that the most exciting math is not taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical games, puzzles, stories, and factoids intended for the adventurous mind. This book reveals the most exhilarating oddities from Professor Stewart's legendary cabinet.Inside, you will find hidden gems of logic, geometry, and probability--like how to extract a cherry from a cocktail glass (hard ..."

The Beauty of Numbers in Nature
Mathematical Patterns and Principles from the Natural World (The MIT Press)
通过 Dr Ian Stewart
Paperback, 224 页, 发布时间 2017 通过 The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-53428-4, ISBN: 0-262-53428-2

"From a zebra's stripes to a spider's web: an engaging examination of patterns in nature and the mathematics that underlie them.From a zebra's stripes to a spider's web, from sand dunes to snowflakes, nature is full of patterns underlaid by mathematical principles. In The Beauty of Numbers in Nature, Ian Stewart shows how life forms from the principles of mathematics. Each chapter in The Beauty of Numbers in Nature explores a different k ..."

Concepts of Modern Mathematics(Updated)
(Dover Books on Mathematics)
通过 Ian Stewart, Paul Stewart
Paperback, 368 页, 发布时间 1995 通过 Dover Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-486-28424-8, ISBN: 0-486-28424-7

"Texto en inglés. Tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Buen estado de conservación. Some years ago, 'new math' took the country's classrooms by storm. Based on the abstract, general style of mathematical exposition favored by research mathematicians, its goal was to teach students not just to manipulate numbers and formulas, but to grasp the underlying mathematical concepts. The result, at least at first, wa ..."

Galois Theory, 5th Edition
通过 Ian Stewart
发布时间 2022 通过 Chapman And Hall/Crc
ISBN-13: 978-1-03-210158-3, ISBN: 1-03-210158-X

Infinity(1st Edition)
A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
通过 Ian Stewart
Paperback, 144 页, 发布时间 2017 通过 Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-875523-4, ISBN: 0-19-875523-6

"Infinity is an intriguing topic, with connections to religion, philosophy, metaphysics, logic, and physics as well as mathematics. Its history goes back to ancient times, with especially important contributions from Euclid, Aristotle, Eudoxus, and Archimedes. The infinitely large (infinite) is intimately related to the infinitely small (infinitesimal)., Cosmologists consider sweeping questions about whether space and time are infinite. ..."

Taming the Infinite
The Story of Mathematics from the First Numbers to Chaos Theory
通过 Ian Stewart
Paperback, 384 页, 发布时间 2011 通过 Quercus
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ISBN-13: 978-1-84724-768-1, ISBN: 1-84724-768-7

"From ancient Babylon to the last great unsolved problems, an acclaimed mathematician and popular science writer brings us his witty, engaging, and definitive history of mathematics In his famous straightforward style, Ian Stewart explains each major development—from the first number systems to chaos theory—and considers how each affected society and changed everyday life forever. Maintaining a personal touch, he introduces all of the ou ..."

Cows in the Maze(1st Edition)
And Other Mathematical Explorations
通过 Ian Stewart
Paperback, 306 页, 发布时间 2010 通过 Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-956207-7, ISBN: 0-19-956207-5

"Following on the success of his books Math Hysteria and How to Cut a Cake, Ian Stewart is back with more stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics. From the math of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon--and how to make one--Cows in the Maze takes readers on an exhilarating tour of the world of mathematics. We find out about the mathem ..."

Evolving the Alien(1st Edition)
The Science of Extraterrestrial Life
通过 Jack S. Cohen, Ian Stewart
Hardcover, 388 页, 发布时间 2002 通过 Ebury Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-09-187927-3, ISBN: 0-09-187927-2

"What would life on other planets look like? Forget little green men, alien life is likely to be completely unrecognizable. This text offers radical but scientifically accurate thinking on the possibility of life on other planets."

Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures(1st Edition)
通过 Ian Stewart
Paperback, 352 页, 发布时间 2010 通过 Basic Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-465-01775-1, ISBN: 0-465-01775-4

"Opening another drawer in his Cabinet of Curiosities, renowned mathematics professor Ian Stewart presents a new medley of games, paradoxes, and riddles in Professor Stewart’s Hoard of Mathematical Treasures. With wit and aplomb, Stewart mingles casual puzzles with grander forays into ancient and modern mathematical thought. Amongst a host of arcane and astonishing facts about every kind of number from irrational and imaginary to c ..."

Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos(2nd Edition)
通过 Ian Stewart
Paperback, 416 页, 发布时间 2002 通过 Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-23251-3, ISBN: 0-631-23251-6

""You believe in a God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order." Albert Einstein The science of chaos is forcing scientists to rethink Einstein's fundamental assumptions regarding the way the universe behaves. Chaos theory has already shown that simple systems, obeying precise laws, can nevertheless act in a random manner. Perhaps God plays dice within a cosmic game of complete law and order. Does God Play Dice? reveals a stra ..."

The Annotated Flatland(Reprint)
A Romance of Many Dimensions
通过 Ian Stewart, Edwin Abbott Abbott
Paperback, 272 页, 发布时间 2008 通过 Basic Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-465-01123-0, ISBN: 0-465-01123-3

"The product of an agreeably dotty cleric named Edwin Abbott Abbott and first published in 1884, Flatland distills all that the Victorian era knew of higher mathematics--and then some--into a witty, complex novel of ideas. Ian Stewart, the author of the equally witty sequel, Flatterland--which adds to Abbott's store of science the key discoveries made since--does a superb job of explaining the original book's enigmas, allusions, ironi ..."

How to Cut a Cake(1st Edition)
And Other Mathematical Conundrums
通过 Ian Stewart
Paperback, 256 页, 发布时间 2006 通过 Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-920590-5, ISBN: 0-19-920590-6

"Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! Here are twenty more curious puzzles and fantastical mathematical stories from one of the world's most popular and accessible writers on mathematics. This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each chapter--with titles such as, "How to Play Poker By Post" and "Repealing the L ..."

Letters to a Young Mathematician(1st Edition)
(Art of Mentoring)
通过 Dr Ian Stewart
Hardcover, 224 页, 发布时间 2006 通过 Basic Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-465-08231-5, ISBN: 0-465-08231-9

"The first scientific entry in the acclaimed Art of Mentoring series from Basic Books, Letters to a Young Mathematician tells readers what Ian Stewart wishes he had known when he was a student and young faculty member. Subjects ranging from the philosophical to the practical--what mathematics is and why it's worth doing, the relationship between logic and proof, the role of beauty in mathematical thinking, the future of mathematics, how ..."

The Collapse of Chaos(1st Edition)
Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World
通过 Jack S. Cohen, Ian Stewart
Hardcover, 512 页, 发布时间 1994 通过 Viking Adult
ISBN-13: 978-0-670-84983-3, ISBN: 0-670-84983-9

"This sequel to Ian Stewart's books on chaos ("Does God Play Dice?") and symmetry ("Fearful Symmetry"), explores the wider field of complexity theory, tackling the questions of how complexity arises in nature, and how life overcomes chaos and entropy to create developing order. Co-written with biologist Jack Cohen, this layman's guide ranges across the central areas of modern science, from quantum mechanics and cosmology to evolution and ..."

What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods(2nd Edition)
通过 Herbert Robbins, Ian Stewart, Richard Courant, Ian Courant Stewart
Paperback, 592 页, 发布时间 1996 通过 Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-510519-3, ISBN: 0-19-510519-2

"For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately, the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ability but does not lead to real underst ..."

A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self
Theory and Practice (16pt Large Print Edition) (Paperback)
通过 Louise Mchugh, Priscilla Almada, Ian Stewart
Paperback, 522 页, 发布时间 2020 通过 Readhowyouwant
ISBN-13: 978-0-369-35619-2, ISBN: 0-369-35619-5

"A must-have addition to any ACT practitioner's library, A Contextual Behavioral Guide to the Self translates the ACT model's most difficult-yet essential-process into easy-to-apply steps and user-friendly language."

Do Dice Play God?
The Mathematics of Uncertainty
通过 Ian Stewart
Hardcover, 304 页, 发布时间 2019 通过 Basic Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-5416-9947-2, ISBN: 1-5416-9947-5

"A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of an unpredictable worldWe would like to believe we can know things for certain. We want to be able to figure out who will win an election, if the stock market will crash, or if a suspect definitely committed a crime. But the odds are not in our favor. Life is full of uncertainty --- indeed, scientific advances indicate that the universe might be fundamentally inexact --- ..."

Know Thyself
(Hardback)
通过 Ian Stewart
Hardcover, 发布时间 2018 通过 Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. 2018-04-20
ISBN-13: 978-1-64258-082-2, ISBN: 1-64258-082-1

Know Thyself
通过 Ian Stewart
Paperback, 发布时间 2018 通过 Christian Faith Publishing, In
ISBN-13: 978-1-64258-040-2, ISBN: 1-64258-040-6

Taming the Infinite
通过 Ian Stewart
Paperback, 384 页, 发布时间 2015 通过 Quercus
ISBN-13: 978-1-62365-474-0, ISBN: 1-62365-474-2

"From ancient Babylon to the last great unsolved problems, Ian Stewart brings us his definitive history of mathematics. In his famous straightforward style, Professor Stewart explains each major development--from the first number systems to chaos theory--and considers how each affected society and changed everyday life forever.Maintaining a personal touch, he introduces all of the outstanding mathematicians of history, from the key Babyl ..."

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