Things to make and do in the fourth dimension : a mathematician's journey through narcissistic numbers, optimal dating algorithms, at least two kinds of infinity, and more / Matt Parker

Author: Parker, Matt (Mathematician)
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014.
Edition: First American edition.
Physical Description: 453 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

The zeroth chapter -- Can you digit? -- Making shapes -- Be there and be square -- Shape shifting -- Shapes : now in ₃D -- Pack it up, pack it in -- Prime time -- Knot a problem -- Just for graphs -- The fourth dimension -- The algorithm method -- How to build a computer -- Number mash-ups -- Ridiculous shapes -- Higher dimensions -- Good data die hard -- ridiculous numbers -- To infinity and beyond -- The subsequent chapter -- The answers at the back of the book.

Summary

A mathematician and comedian offers games, puzzles, and hands-on activities to help those with a fear of math understand and enjoy the logical tools and abstract concepts of the subject normally only accessible at college-level study.

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ISBN

9780374275655
0374275653

Note

Originally published: London : Particular Books, 2014.

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