The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari - Softcover

Peterson, Ivars

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471295876 ISBN 13: 9780471295877

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1998

Synopsis

Examines the concept of randomness and how it affects everyday life, including games, music, and the combination of atoms

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Praise for The Jungles of Randomness

"Ivars Peterson is, in short, the math teacher everyone wishes they had in high school." --Publishers Weekly

"When many people think about mathematicians, they imagine solitary scholars whiling away the hours . . . Ivars Peterson delightfully debunks that stereotype. Peterson shows that mathematicians are, increasingly, a gregarious bunch and that the problems they work on are vitally important to us. . . . Best of all, Peterson makes it fun." --Washington Post

"Peterson has honed his explanatory skills finely. He is a readable guide through the tangles of probability and random chance. The Jungles of Randomness will give some insight into one of the most fruitful areas where math meets practical living." --Christian Science Monitor

"Peterson finds a fascinating collection of circumstances where chance intervenes in our lives and in the world around us. Every reader, regardless of background, is bound to find something new and interesting in this book." --Robert Osserman Author of Poetry of the Universe

About the Author:

IVARS PETERSON is one of today′s most popular math authors. He is the mathematics and physics editor of Science News, and the author of four previous books, including the bestselling The Mathematical Tourist, as well as Islands of Truth, Newton′s Clock, and Fatal Defect. He received the award for "exceptional skill in communicating mathematics to the general audience" in 1991 from the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471295876
• ISBN 13: 9780471295877
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256