Knots and Surfaces: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics (Mathematical World) - Softcover

Farmer, D.W.; Stanford, Theodore B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821804510 ISBN 13: 9780821804513

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 1996

Synopsis

In most mathematics textbooks, the most exciting part of mathematics - the process of invention and discovery - is completely hidden from the reader. The aim of ""Knots and Surfaces"" is to change all that. By means of a series of carefully selected tasks, this book leads readers to discover some real mathematics. There are no formulas to memorize; no procedures to follow. The book is a guide: its job is to start you in the right direction and to bring you back if you stray too far. Discovery is left to you. Suitable for a one-semester course at the beginning undergraduate level, there are no prerequisites for understanding the text. Any college student interested in discovering the beauty of mathematics will enjoy a course taught from this book. The book has also been used successfully with non science students who want to fulfill a science requirement. Also available from the AMS by David W. Farmer is ""Groups and Symmetry: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics"".

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821804510
• ISBN 13: 9780821804513
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 101