How to Cut a Cake
And other mathematical conundrums
Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! Here are twenty more curious puzzles and fantastical mathematical stories from one of the world's most popular and accessible writers on mathematics. This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each chapter--with titles such as, How to Play Poker By Post and Repealing the Law of Averages--presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle that is challenging, fun, and introduces the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way. Illustrated with clever and quirky…
Mehr
CHF 27.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V103:
Folgt in ca. 5 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-920590-5
- EAN: 9780199205905
- Produktnummer: 2293911
- Verlag: OUP Oxford
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.3 cm 383 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 383
Über den Autor
Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University, and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre at Warwick. An active research mathematician, he is also a well-known popularizer of mathematics and related areas of science. In 1995 he was awarded the Royal Society's Michael Faraday Award for furthering the public understanding of science; his book Nature's Numbers was shortlisted for the 1996 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books; and hedelivered the 1997 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, televised by the BBC. In 2001 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His many books include Evolving the Alien (with Jack Cohen), The Science of Discworld, What Shape is a Snowflake?, Flatterland, The Magical Maze, and Does God Play Dice? .
100 weitere Werke von Ian Stewart:
Professor Stewarts mathematische Schätze
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 11.00
Algebraic Number Theory and Fermat's Last Theorem
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 54.80
Seventeen Equations that Changed the World
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 12.25
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 7.75
Developing Transactional Analysis Counselling
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 139.30
Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 212.50
Oceanographic and Biological Aspects of the Red Sea
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 177.00
Algebraic Number Theory and Fermat's Last Theorem
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 54.80
Companion to Contemporary Economic Thought
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 49.00
Professor Stewarts mathematische Detektivgeschichten
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 12.00
Darwin und die Götter der Scheibenwelt
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Kartoniertes Taschenbuch
CHF 16.90
Professor Stewarts mathematisches Sammelsurium
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 11.00
Transactional Analysis Counselling in Action
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 55.70
Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 10.30
Companion to Contemporary Economic Thought
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 49.00
Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 7.75
Catastrophe Theory and Its Applications
And other mathematical conundrums
And other mathematical conundrums
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 34.80
Bewertungen
Anmelden