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Synopsis
Maths demystified - the answers to twenty questions anyone might ask.
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The Big Questions series answers the fundamental problems that have perplexed enquiring minds throughout history. Ranging from the first known numbers and Plato's ideal forms to chaos theory and Fermat's last theorem, this book confronts the 20 key questions at the heart of mathematics and our understanding of the world. What is mathematics for? How big is infinity? Is mathematics even true? Can maths guarantee riches? Do butterflies' wings really cause hurricanes? Where do parallel lines meet? Can we create an unbreakable code? Is there a formula for everything? What shape is the universe? Can maths predict the future? Where do numbers come from? What is the maths of nature? Are imaginary numbers real? How is mathematics beautiful? Which are the strangest numbers? What are three dimensions not enough? What is symmetry? Why are prime numbers atoms? Are statistics lies? Is there anything left to solve?
About the Author
Tony Crilly is Reader in Mathematical Sciences at Middlesex University, having previously taught at the University of Michigan, the City University in Hong Kong and the Open University. His principal research interest is the history of mathematics, and he has written and edited many works on fractals, chaos and computing. He is the author of the acclaimed biography of the English mathematician Arthur Cayley and the hugely successful 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know.
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- PublisherQuercus
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1849162409
- ISBN 13 9781849162401
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages208
- EditorBlackburn Simon
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