Author: Santos, Aaron Publisher: Running Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop? How many people are having sex at this moment? How long would it take a monkey on a typewriter to produce the plays of Shakespeare? For all those questio...
Author: Diaconis, Persi / Graham, Ron Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of amazing, fun-to-perform card tricks--and the profound mathematical ideas behind them--that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis a...
Author: Adam, John A. Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described mathematically. Examining such read...
Author: O'Donoghue, Chris Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Synopsis: Many people are interested in mathematics, but do not have any partcular skill in its techniques. "Mathematics To Do - a recreational mathematics book" was written for a group of such people...
Author: Nahin, Paul J. Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in whic...
Author: Weinstein, Lawrence / Adam, John A. Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Guesstimation is a book that unlocks the power of approximation--it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. More and mor...
Author: Adam, John A. Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spider webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be described mathematically. Examining such read...
Author: Ball, Keith Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How does mathematics enable us to send pictures from space back to Earth? Where does the bell-shaped curve come from? Why do you need only 23 people in a room for a 50/50 chance of two of them sharing...
Author: Ball, Keith Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: How does mathematics enable us to send pictures from space back to Earth? Where does the bell-shaped curve come from? Why do you need only 23 people in a room for a 50/50 chance of two of them sharing...
Author: Pickover, Clifford A. Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Humanity's love affair with mathematics and mysticism reached a critical juncture, legend has it, on the back of a turtle in ancient China. As Clifford Pickover briefly recounts in this enthralling bo...
Author: Pickover, Clifford A. Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Humanity's love affair with mathematics and mysticism reached a critical juncture, legend has it, on the back of a turtle in ancient China. As Clifford Pickover briefly recounts in this enthralling bo...
