Maths in Minutes: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant

Glendinning, Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780873697 ISBN 13: 9781780873695

Casa editrice: Quercus, 2012

Both simple and accessible, Maths in Minutes is a visually led introduction to 200 key mathematical ideas. Each concept is quick and easy to remember, described by means of an easy-to-understand picture and a maximum 200-word explanation. Concepts span all of the key areas of mathematics, including Fundamentals of Mathematics, Sets and Numbers, Geometry, Equations, Limits, Functions and Calculus, Vectors and Algebra, Complex Numbers, Combinatorics, Number Theory, Metrics and Measures and Topology. Incredibly quick - clear artworks and simple explanations that can be easily remembered. Based on scientific research that the brain best absorbs information visually. Compact and portable format - the ideal, handy reference.

L'autore:

Paul Glendinning is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester. He was a student and a lecturer at Cambridge before moving to a chair at Queen Mary, University of London and then Manchester (UMIST). He was founding Head of School for Mathematics at the combined University of Manchester and has published over fifty academic articles and an undergraduate textbook on chaos theory.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Both simple and accessible, Maths in Minutes is a visually led introduction to 200 key mathematical concepts. Each idea is made incredibly quick to remember and easy to understand, illustrated by means of a straightforward picture and a maximum 200-word explanation. Concepts span all of the key areas of mathematics, including Euclid's Algorithm, Hilbert's Hotel, the Axiom of Choice, Probability, Sequences and Series, Zeno's Paradox, Penrose Tilings, Vectors and Matrices, Groups, Rings and Fields, Chaos Theory, Metric Spaces, Fractals, Topology and Fermat's Last Theorem.