Math stuff
Grades: 11 12 Post-Sec.
ENC#: ENC-030244
Publisher: Wide World Publishing/Tetra
Date: 2002
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Subjects:
 | Mathematics
Applied mathematics. History. Mathematicians. Technology. |
Resource Type:
Professional development; Resource materials for math or science.
Abstract:
This book, written for the general reader, is designed to show how mathematics occurs and is applied in everyday life. The book consists of thirty-eight independent short chapters with topics ranging from the mathematics of the human genome project to Leonardo da Vinci and from the artist Marcel Duchamp to the mathematics of architecture. As a sample of the material, in the chapter on the Fields Medal, the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel prize, the history of the awarding of the medal is discussed and a complete list of previous winners and their topics of research provided. (Author/MM)
Table of Contents:
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Introduction
The pea counts
The mathematics of peace
The millennium clock
Chaos theory
Cricket math
Mathematical private eyes
Holyhedrons
Fractals, fractals everywhere
Smart dust, MEMS
Starcage
In search of AI
Art in nature, nature in art
Do bees count?
E-paper and mathematics
Mathematics mints a coin
The sound of mathematics
Mathematics engineers your finances
Numbers, numbers everywhere
You've come a long way pi
Icosa shelters
Computers get stressed out too!
Mathematics and the pomegranate
The eyes have it
Sol LeWitt
Virtual reality is for real
Not your everyday models
Marcel Duchamp and the 4th dimension
There's no business like math business
Do computers have their limits?
The Internet and www
Mathematics and architecture
Mathematics' highest award
Leonardo da Vinci
What's it all about?
Higher dimensions
Mathematics and populations
The nanos are coming
Share the work
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Pricing Information:
 | Description: 1 text (paperback) | Cost: $12.95 | ISBN: 978-1-884550-26-3 | |
Publisher:
Wide World Publishing/Tetra Contributor(s):
| Author: Theoni Pappas. |
Specifications:
1 text (x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.)
Record Created: 07/09/2004 Last Modified: 04/18/2005
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