Cows in the Maze: And other mathematical explorations - Softcover

Stewart, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199562075 ISBN 13: 9780199562077

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2010

Synopsis

From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon - and how to make one - Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics.

We find out about the mathematics of time travel, explore the shape of teardrops (which are not tear-drop shaped, but something much, much more strange!), dance with dodecahedra, and play the game of Hex, amongst many more strange and delightful mathematical diversions.

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Review:

His easy style...makes the explanation of maths behind black holes, animal gait and time travel simple to digest. (Dominic Lenton, Engineering and Technology)

About the Author:

Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University, and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre at Warwick. An active research mathematician, he is also a well-known popularizer of mathematics and related areas of science. In 1995 he was awarded the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Award for furthering the public understanding of science; his book Nature's Numbers was shortlisted for the 1996 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books; and he delivered the 1997 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, televised by the BBC. In 2001 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His many books include Evolving the Alien (with Jack Cohen), The Science of Discworld, What Shape is a Snowflake? , Flatterland, The Magical Maze, Does God Play Dice? , and How toCut a Cake.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199562075
• ISBN 13: 9780199562077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320