How to Cut a Cake (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
248
Utgivningsdatum
2006-10-01
Upplaga
illustrated ed
Förlag
OUP Oxford
Illustratör/Fotograf
20 cartoons diagrams
Illustrationer
d. 20specially commissioned B&W cartoons
Dimensioner
234 x 155 x 20 mm
Vikt
380 g
Antal komponenter
1
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49:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780199205905
How to Cut a Cake (häftad)

How to Cut a Cake

And other mathematical conundrums

av Ian Stewart
Häftad, Engelska, 2006-10-01
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Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of 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 quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way.
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<br>Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University, and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre at Warwick. An active research mathematician, he is well-known for popularizing mathematics and science for the public. A Fellow of the Royal Society, his many books include Evolving theAlien (with Jack Cohen), What Shape is a Snowflake?, and Does God Play Dice?.<br>

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Preface; 1. Arithmetic and old lace; 2. Paradox lost; 3. Tight tins for round sardines; 4. Repealing the law of averages; 5. The never-ending chess game; 6. How to play poker by post; 7. Empires on the Moon; 8. Empires and electronics; 9. Resurrection shuffle; 10. Double bubble, toil and trouble; 11. Crossed lines in the brick factory; 12. Your half's bigger than my half! - Cake-dividing problems; 13. More cake-dividing problems; 14. Furiously flashing fireflies; 15. Why phone cords get tangled; 16. Sierpinski's ubiquitous gasket; 17. Defend the Roman empire!; 18. Triangulation takeaway; 19. Rep-tiling the plane; 20. Easter is a quasicrystal

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