| Description |
1 online resource (54 entries) : 127 images |
| Contents |
Zero -- Number systems -- Fractions -- Squares and square roots -- pi -- e -- Infinity -- Imaginary numbers -- Primes -- Perfect numbers -- Fibonacci numbers -- Golden rectangles -- Pascal's triangle -- Algebra -- Euclid's algorithm -- Logic -- Proof -- Sets -- Calculus -- Constructions -- Triangles -- Curves -- Topology -- Dimension -- Fractals -- Chaos -- The parallel postulate -- Discrete geometry -- Graphs -- The four-colour problem -- Probability -- Baye's theory -- The birthday problem -- Distributions -- The normal curve -- Connecting data -- Genetics -- Groups -- Matrices -- Codes -- Advanced counting -- Magic squares -- Latin squares -- Money mathematics -- The diet problem -- The travelling salesperson -- Game theory -- Relativity -- Fermat's last theorem -- The Riemann hypothesis |
| Summary |
In 50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us |
| Notes |
Originally published as 50 mathematical ideas you really need to know, 2007 |
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Title page of print version |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Miscellanea
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Mathematics -- Popular works
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Mathematics
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| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea
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Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1848667051 |
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9781848667051 |
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9781785397288 |
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1785397281 |
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