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Burn math class : and reinvent mathematics for yourself / Jason Wilkes

Author
Wilkes, Jason
Published
New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Physical Description
392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents
Act I. Ex nihilo ; Interlude 1 : Dilating time ; The infinite power of the infinite magnifying glass ; Interlude 2 : How to get something from nothing ; As if summoned from the void ; Interlude 3 : A backward look to the future -- Act II. On circles and giving up ; Interlude 4 : The nostalgia device ; Aesthetics and the immovable object ; Interlude 5 : Two clouds -- Act III. Two in one ; Interlude 6 : Slaying sharp ; N New is old ; Interlude N : (Mis)interpreted (readings) (re)interpreted : [Aleph] : The infinite beauty of the infinite wilderness ; Chapterlude [omega] : In nihilo -- Dictionary.
Summary
The author focuses on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts and teaches the subject without requiring memorization or any mathematical knowledge beyond basic computation.
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ISBN
9780465053735 (hardcover)
0465053734 (hardcover)
Note
Includes index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the James and Joyce Gettys Libraries Endowment in the Math Library and in the School of Information Sciences and Technology; 2015
Endowment Note
James and Joyce Gettys Libraries Endowment in the Math Library and in the School of Information Sciences and Technology
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