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245 10 $a50 mathematical ideas you really need to know /$cTony Crilly.
246 3 $aFifty mathematical ideas you really need to know
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264 4 $c©2007
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505 00 $tZero --$tNumber systems --$tFractions --$tSquares and square roots --$t[Greek symbol for pi] --$te --$tInfinity --$tImaginary numbers --$tPrimes --$tPerfect numbers --$tFibonacci numbers --$tGolden rectangles --$tPascal's triangle --$tAlgebra --$tEuclid's algorithm --$tLogic --$tProof --$tSets --$tCalculus --$tConstructions --$tTriangles --$tCurves --$tTopology --$tDimension --$tFractals --$tChaos --$tThe parallel postulate --$tDiscrete geometry --$tGraphs --$tThe four-colour problem --$tProbability --$tBaye's theory --$tThe birthday problem --$tDistributions --$tThe normal curve --$tConnecting data --$tGenetics --$tGroups --$tMatrices --$tCodes --$tAdvanced counting --$tMagic squares --$tLatin squares --$tMoney mathematics --$tThe diet problem --$tThe travelling salesperson --$tGame theory --$tRelativity --$tFermat's last theorem --$tThe Riemann hypothesis.
520 $a"Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a butterfly's wings really cause a storm on the far side of the world? In 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us. Beginning with zero itself and concluding with the last great unsolved problem, 50 Mathematical Ideas introduces the origins of mathematics, from Egyptian fractions to Roman numerals; explains the near-mystical significance of pi and primes, Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio; tells you the things they didn't at school - what calculus, statistics and algebra can actually do, and the very real uses of imaginary numbers; illuminates the big Ideas of relativity, chaos theory, fractals, genetics and hyperspace; reveals the unspoken reasoning behind Sudoku and code cracking, lotteries and gambling, money management and compound interest; explores the latest mind-shattering developments, including the solving of Fermat's last theorem and the million-dollar question of the Riemann hypothesis. Packed with diagrams, examples and anecdotes, 50 Mathematical Ideas is the perfect overview of this often daunting but always essential subject. For once, mathematics couldn't be simpler."--Publisher's description.
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