عنوان

The joy of mathematics :

(Number (ISBN

0933174659

(Number (ISBN

9780933174658

Number

b702679

Title Proper

The joy of mathematics :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

discovering mathematics all around you /

First Statement of Responsibility

by Theoni Pappas.

Edition Statement

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

San Carlos, CA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Wide World Pub./Tetra,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1989.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

240 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

Includes index.

Text of Note

The evolution of base ten -- The Pythagorean Theorem -- Optical illusions and computer graphics -- The cycloid -- A triangle to a square problem -- Halley's comet -- The impossible tribar -- The quipu -- Calligraphy, typography and mathematics -- The wheat and the chessboard problem -- Probability and [pi] -- Earthquakes and logarithms -- Parabolic ceiling and the Capitol -- Computers, counting and electricity -- Topo -- a mathematical game -- Fibonacci sequence -- A twist to the Pythagorean Theorem -- Trinity of rings-a topological problem -- Anatomy and the golden section -- Catenary and parabolic curves -- The T problem -- Thales and the Great Pyramid -- Hotel Infinity -- Crystals -- nature's polyhedra -- Pascal's triangle -- Mathematics of the billiard table -- The electron's path and geometry -- The Moebius strip and the Klein bottle -- A Sam Loyd puzzle -- Mathematics and paperfolding -- The Fibonacci trick -- The evolution of mathematical symbols -- Some geometric designs of Leonardo da Vinci -- Ten historic dates -- Napoleon's theorem -- Lewis Carroll-the mathematician -- Counting on fingers -- A twist to the Moebius strip -- Heron's theorem -- A look at Gothic architecture -- Napier's bones -- Art and projective geometry -- Infinity and the circle -- The amazing track -- Persian horses and Sam Loyd's puzzle -- The lunes -- Hexagons in nature -- The googol and the googolplex -- A magic cube -- Fractals-real or imaginary -- Nanoseconds-measuring time on computers -- Geodesic dome of Leonardo da Vinci -- Magic squares -- A special "magic" square -- The Chinese triangle -- The death of Archimedes -- A non-Euclidean world -- Cannon balls and pyramids -- Conchoid of Nicomedes -- The trefoil knot -- The magic square of Benjamin Franklin -- Irrational numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem -- Prime numbers -- The golden rectangle -- Making a tri-tetra flexagon -- Finding infinity in small places -- The five Platonic solids -- The pyramid method-making magic squares -- The Kepler-Poinsot solids -- The false spiral optical illusion -- The icosahedron and the golden rectangle -- Zeno's paradox-Achilles and the tortoise -- The mystic hexagram -- The penny puzzle -- Tessellations -- Diophantus' riddle -- The Konigsberg Bridge problem -- Networks -- Aztec calendar -- The impossible trio-three ancient construction problems -- Ancient Tibetan magic square -- Perimeter, area, and infinite series -- The checkerboard problem -- Pascal's calculator -- Isaac Newton and calculus -- Japanese abacus -- The proof of 1=2 -- The symmetry of crystals -- The mathematics of music -- Numerical palindromes -- The unexpected exam paradox -- Babylonian cuneiform text -- The spiral of Archimedes -- The evolution of mathematical ideas -- The four color map problem takes a turn -- Art and dynamic symmetry -- Transfinite numbers -- Logic problem -- The snowflake curve -- Zero-when and where -- Pappus' theorem and the nine coin puzzle -- The Japanese magic circle & Gauss' problem -- Spherical dome and water distillation -- The helix -- Magic "line" -- Mathematics and architecture -- History of optical illusions -- Trisecting the equilateral triangle -- The wood, water, and grain problem -- Charles Babbage, the Leonardo da Vinci of computers -- Mathematics and Moslem art -- A Chinese magic square -- Infinity and limits -- Counterfeit coin puzzle -- The Parthenon-an optical and mathematical design -- Probability and Pascal's triangle -- The involute curve -- The pentagon, the pentagram, and the golden triangle -- Three men facing a wall problem -- Geometric fallacy and the Fibonacci sequence -- Mazes -- Chinese "checkerboards" -- Conic sections -- The screw of Archimedes -- Irradiation optical illusion -- The Pythagorean Theorem and President Garfield -- The wheel paradox of Aristotole & Galileo's solution -- Stonehenge -- How many dimensions are there? -- Computers and dimensions -- The "double" Moebius strip -- Paradoxical curve-the space-filling curve -- The abacus -- Mathematics and weaving -- Mersenne's number -- The tangram puzzle -- Infinite vs finite -- Triangular, square, and pentagonal numbers -- Eratosthenes measures the Earth -- Projective geometry and linear programming -- The spider and the fly -- Mathematics and soap bubbles -- The coin paradox -- Hexaminoes -- The Fibonacci sequence and nature -- The monkey and the coconuts -- Spiders and spirals.

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Text of Note

Explores the many relationships of methematics and facets of everyday life.

Title

Joy of mathematics.

Mathematics, Popular works.

Mathematics.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Pappas, Theoni.

Date of Transaction

20201207181138.0

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