Mathematics Masterclasses: Stretching the Imagination

Sewell, Michael (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0198514948 / ISBN 13: 9780198514947

Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford ; New York, 1997

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Large octavo in glossy blue and yellow boards; xvii, 233 p.: ill., bib., notes; 24 cm. Contents: Little bit of chaos /; by Chris Bills and Liz Bills --; Nightmare on Large Number Street /; by Bill Dalton --; Games of chance /; by David Harries --; Weather /; by Brian Hoskins --; Square roots and seventeengons /; by Frances Kirwan --; Discrete mathematics and its application to ecology /; by Philip Maini --; Channels, pipes and rivers /; by David Needham --; Balloons and bubbles;; Dynamics of dinosaurs /; by Michael Sewell --; Pythagorean number triples /; by David Stirling --; Plato, polyhedra and weather forecasting /; by Andy White --; Water waves /; by Winifred Wood. Mathematics. Wiskunde. A legitimately deaccessioned ex-library copy with very minimal labeling (never circulated) ; else Near Fine. Very bright, clean and crisp.

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• Titolo: Mathematics Masterclasses: Stretching the Imagination
• Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford ; New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198514948
• ISBN 13: 9780198514947
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Near Fine
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Mathematics

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Riassunto

This is a valuable resource of non-syllabus material for mathematics in school education and science teachers at secondary school level, teenagers and parents. It contains written versions of Royal Institution masterclasses on a wide selection of topics in pure and applied mathematics, and very little knowledge is assumed. Topics include chaos theory, meteorology, storage limitations of computers, population growth and decay, and the mechanics of dinosaurs. This book shows that mathematics can be fun!

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" ...(the) chapter on chaos theory is a model of careful exposition of advanced material to a general audience, with well chosen examples . . . (contains) delightful contribution(s) on polyhedra and weather . . .(and is) careful to help readers maintain a global overview of the problem . . . this book is most welcome."Times Education Supplement

"The book fully lives up to the second part of its title and will provide many hours of pleasure for inquisitive youngsters (as well as for other older readers!). . . The book encapsulates all the good features of masterclasses ... we are introduced to a huge amount of interesting mathematics ... the layout is user-friendly. . . This book can be strongly recommended to all teachers of mathematics as a resource."London Mathematical Society Newsletter

"The exposition is engaging and clear."Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik