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001 2007940798
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008 071105s2008 dcua b 000 0 eng d
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn191051022
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050 00 $aQA99$b.I83 2008
082 04 $a510$222
245 00 $aIs mathematics inevitable? :$ba miscellany /$cedited by Underwood Dudley.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bMathematical Association of America,$c2008.
300 $ax, 325 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aSpectrum series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aDieudonné on mathematics : mathematics and mathematicians / Jean Dieudonné -- Why is mathematics? : Mathematics and the physical world / Morris Kline -- Is mathematics inevitable? : Mathematics in fun and in earnest / Nathan Altshiller Court -- A defense of quadratic equations : quadratic equations -- Obtuse triangles : there are three times as many obtuse-angled triangles as there are acute-angled ones / Richard K. Guy -- Why your classes are larger than "average" / David Hemenway -- Why is a restaurant's business worse in the owner's eyes than in the customers'? / Wong Ngai Ying -- Applied mathematics : assigning driver's license numbers / Jospeh A. Gallian -- The law of small numbers : the strong law of small numbers / Richard K. Guy -- The parallel postulate : the problem with Postulate 5 / Richard J. Trudeau -- Arithmetic in the United States : a calculating people / Patricia Cline Cohen -- The Moore Method: I want to be a mathematician / Paul Halmos -- Early calculus -- Problems : on the origin of certain typical problems / David Eugene Smith -- A tangled tale / Lewis Carroll -- A brief life : brief lives / John Aubry -- Cardano : the book of my life / Jerome Cardan -- Boole and finite differences : George Boole and the calculus of finite differences / J.L. Synge -- Calculating prodigies : the great mental calculators / Steven B. Smith -- James Smith, circle-squarer : the quadrature of the circle / James Smith -- Legislating [pi] : Indiana's squared circle / Arthur E. Hallerberg -- Mathematics and music : emblems of mind / Edward Rothstein -- Mathematics books : on the value of mathematics (books) / G.L. Alexanderson and L.F. Klosinski -- Irrational square roots : Theodorus' irrationality proofs / Robert L. McCabe -- The Euler-Diderot anecdote : the so-called Euler-Diderot incident / R.J. Gillings -- Mathematics made difficult / Carl E. Linderholm -- Mathematical humor : on the set of legs of a horse / Marlow Sholander.
650 0 $aMathematics$vMiscellanea.
650 0 $aMathematics$vHumor.
700 1 $aKlosinski, Leonard F.
700 1 $aDudley, Underwood.
700 12 $aAlexanderson, Gerald L.$tOn the value of mathematics (books)
700 12 $aAltshiller-Court, Nathan,$db. 1881.$tMathematics in fun and in earnest.
700 12 $aAubry, John.$tBrief lives.
700 12 $aCardano, Girolamo,$d1501-1576.$tDe propria vita.$lEnglish.
700 12 $aCarroll, Lewis,$d1832-1898.$tTangled tale.
700 12 $aCohen, Patricia Cline.$tCalculating people.
700 12 $aDieudonné, Jean,$d1906-1992.$tMathematics and mathematicians.
700 12 $aGallian, Joseph A.$tAssigning driver's license numbers.
700 12 $aGillings, Richard J.$tSo-called Euler-Diderot incident.
700 12 $aGuy, Richard K.$tStrong law of small numbers.
700 12 $aGuy, Richard K.$tThere are three times as many obtuse-angled triangles as there are acute-angled ones.
700 12 $aHallerberg, Arthur E.$q(Arthur Edward),$d1918-1978.$tIndiana's squared circle.
700 12 $aHalmos, Paul R.$q(Paul Richard),$d1916-2006.$tI want to be a mathematician.
700 12 $aHemenway, David.$tWhy your classes are larger than "average".
700 12 $aKline, Morris,$d1908-$tMathematics and the physical world.
700 12 $aLinderholm, Carl E.$tMathematics made difficult.
700 12 $aMcCabe, Robert L.$tTheodorus' irrationality proofs.
700 12 $aRothstein, Edward,$d1952-$tEmblems of mind.
700 12 $aSholander, Marlow.$tOn the set of legs of a horse.
700 12 $aSmith, David Eugene,$d1860-1944.$tOn the origin of certain typical problems.
700 12 $aSmith, James,$d1805-1872.$tQuadrature of the circle.
700 12 $aSmith, Steven Bradley.$tGreat mental calculators.
700 12 $aSynge, J. L.$q(John Lighton),$d1897-$tGeorge Boole and the calculus of finite differences.
700 12 $aTrudeau, Richard J.$tProblem with postulate 5.
700 12 $aYing, Wong Ngai.$tWhy is a restaurant's business worse in the owner's eyes than in the customers'?
740 02 $aQuadratic equations.
830 0 $aMAA spectrum.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2007940798-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1002/2007940798-b.html