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050 14 $aQA8.6$b.B47 2014
082 04 $a510$223
245 04 $aThe best writing on mathematics 2013 /$cMircea Pitici, editor ; foreword by Roger Penrose.
264 1 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axxvi, 224 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
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505 00 $tForeword /$rRoger Penrose --$tIntroduction /$rMircea Pitici --$tThe prospects for mathematics in a multimedia civilization /$rPhilip J. Davis --$tFearful symmetry /$rIan Stewart --$tE pluribus unum : from complexity, universality /$rTerence Tao --$tDegrees of separation /$rGregory Goth --$tRandomness /$rCharles Seife --$tRandomness in music /$rDonald E. Knuth --$tPlaying the odds /$rSoren Johnson --$tMachines of the infinite /$rJohn Pavlus --$tBridges, string art, and Be zier curves /$rRenan Gross --$tSlicing a cone for art and science /$rDaniel S. Silver --$tHigh fashion meets higher mathematics /$rKelly Delp --$tThe Jordan curve theorem is nontrivial /$rFiona Ross and William T. Ross --$tWhy mathematics? What mathematics? /$rAnna Sfard --$tMath anxiety : who has it, why it develops, and how to guard against it /$rErin A. Maloney and Sian L. Beilock --$tHow old are the platonic solids? /$rDavid R. Lloyd --$tEarly modern mathematical instruments /$rJim Bennett --$tA revolution in mathematics? What really happened a century ago and why it matters today /$rFrank Quinn --$tErrors of probability in historical context /$rPrakash Gorroochurn --$tThe end of probability /$rElie Ayache --$tAn abc proof too tough even for mathematicians /$rKevin Hartnett.
520 $aThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Among others, Philip Davis offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises out of nothing; Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest effective remedies; Elie Ayache argues that exchange prices reached in open market transactions transcend the common notion of probability. Includes a foreword by esteemed mathematical physicist Roger Penrose and an introduction by the editor, Mircea Pitici.--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aMathematics.
700 1 $aPitici, Mircea,$d1965-$eeditor of compilation.
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