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Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars
An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions
Häftad, 2004
432 kr
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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 book, the most comprehensive in decades on magic squares, Emperor Yu was supposedly strolling along …
250 milstolpar i matematikens historia från Pythagoras till 57:e dimensionen
E-bok, 2015
79 kr
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På 528 sidor gås 250 historiska matematiska milstolpar igenom allt illustrerat med fotografier. Bokens författare tar ett brett grepp om matematikens historia och går bortom de matematiska principer och teorier som formulerats av oss människor. Allt presenteras i kronologisk ordning och bokens …
Stars of Heaven
E-bok, 2004
310 kr
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Do a little armchair space travel, rub elbows with alien life forms, and stretch your mind to the furthest corners of our uncharted universe. With this astonishing guide book, The Stars of Heaven , you need not be an astronomer to explore the mysteries of stars and their profound meaning for human …
Time: A Traveler's Guide
Inbunden, 1998
1231 kr
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In Time: A Traveler's Guide, Clifford A. Pickover strives to answer the most challenging questions scientists and philosophers ask. What is time? Is time travel possible? Is time real? Does it flow in one direction only? Does it have a beginning or an end? What is eternity? For centuries, these …
Surfing Through Hyperspace
Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons
Inbunden, 1999
715 kr
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Do a little armchair time-travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the furthest corner of an uncharted universe. With this astonishing guidebook, Surfing Through Hyperspace, you need not be a mathematician or an astrophysicist to explore the …
Time: A Traveler's Guide
Häftad, 1999
347 kr
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In Time: A Traveler's Guide, Clifford A. Pickover strives to answer the most challenging questions scientists and philosophers ask. What is time? Is time travel possible? Is time real? Does it flow in one direction only? Does it have a beginning or an end? What is eternity? For centuries, these …
Surfing Through Hyperspace
Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy lessons
Häftad, 2001
406 kr
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Do a little armchair time travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the furthest corner of an uncharted universe. With this astonishing guidebook, Surfing Through Hyperspace, you need not be a mathematician or an astrophysicist to explore the …
Stars of Heaven
E-bok, 2004
240 kr
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Do a little armchair space travel, rub elbows with alien life forms, and stretch your mind to the furthest corners of our uncharted universe. With this astonishing guide book, The Stars of Heaven , you need not be an astronomer to explore the mysteries of stars and their profound meaning for human …
Wonders of Numbers
Adventures in Mathematics, Mind, and Meaning
E-bok, 2003
189 kr
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If we actually received messages from the stars, what would we do with them? Who were the five strangest mathematicians in history? What are the ten most interesting numbers? Who is the Number King? Jam-packed with thought-provoking mathematical mysteries, puzzles, and games--as well as the answers …
Surfing through Hyperspace
Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons
E-bok, 1999
277 kr
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Do a little armchair time-travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the furthest corner of an uncharted universe. With this astonishing guidebook, Surfing Through Hyperspace , you need not be a mathematician or an astrophysicist to explore the …
Wonders of Numbers
Adventures in Mathematics, Mind, and Meaning
E-bok, 2001
184 kr
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If we actually received messages from the stars, what would we do with them? Who were the five strangest mathematicians in history? What are the ten most interesting numbers? Who is the Number King? Jam-packed with thought-provoking mathematical mysteries, puzzles, and games--as well as the answers …
Surfing through Hyperspace
Understanding Higher Universes in Six Easy Lessons
E-bok, 2001
277 kr
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Do a little armchair time-travel, rub elbows with a four-dimensional intelligent life form, or stretch your mind to the furthest corner of an uncharted universe. With this astonishing guidebook, Surfing Through Hyperspace , you need not be a mathematician or an astrophysicist to explore the …
Time
A Traveler's Guide
E-bok, 1999
196 kr
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"Bucky Fuller thought big," Wired magazine recently noted, "Arthur C. Clarke thinks big, but Cliff Pickover outdoes them both." And now, in his newest book, Cliff Pickover outdoes even himself, probing a mystery that has baffled mystics, philosophers, and scientists throughout history--What is the …
Calculus and Pizza
A Cookbook for the Hungry Mind
Häftad, 2003
152 kr
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CALCULUS + PEPPERONI / FUN = MATH SUCCESSDo you want to do well on your calculus exam? Are you looking for a quick refresher course? Or would you just like to get a taste of what calculus is all about? If so, you've selected the right book. Calculus and Pizza is a creative, surprisingly delicious …
A Passion for Mathematics: Numbers, Puzzles, Madness, Religion, and the Quest for Reality
Häftad, 2005
320 kr
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Passion for Mathematics
Numbers, Puzzles, Madness, Religion, and the Quest for Reality
E-bok, 2005
163 kr
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A Passion for Mathematics is an educational, entertaining trip through the curiosities of the math world, blending an eclectic mix of history, biography, philosophy, number theory, geometry, probability, huge numbers, and mind-bending problems into a delightfully compelling collection that is sure …
The Mathematics of Oz
Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge
Inbunden, 2002
1354 kr
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Grab a pencil. Relax. Then take off on a mind-boggling journey to the ultimate frontier of math, mind, and meaning as acclaimed author Dr Clifford Pickover, Dorothy, and Dr Oz explore some of the oddest and quirkiest highways and byways of the numerically obsessed. Prepare yourself for a shattering …
The Mathematics of Oz
Mental Gymnastics from Beyond the Edge
Häftad, 2007
406 kr
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Grab a pencil. Relax. Then take off on a mind-boggling journey to the ultimate frontier of math, mind, and meaning as acclaimed author Dr Clifford Pickover, Dorothy, and Dr Oz explore some of the oddest and quirkiest highways and byways of the numerically obsessed. Prepare yourself for a shattering …
Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen
Häftad, 2019
278 kr
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Sex, Drugs, Einstein & Elves
E-bok, 2005
240 kr
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This book journeys from one far-flung topic to another to test the reader’s curiosity and powers of lateral thinking. Robert Pirsig wrote in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, “It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here’s where things grow.” This also applies to …
Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars
An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions
E-bok, 2011
622 kr
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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 book, the most comprehensive in decades on magic squares, Emperor Yu was supposedly strolling along …
Math Book
From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension
E-bok, 2025
239 kr
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Math's infinite mysteries unfold in this updated edition of the award-winning The Math Book . Beginning millions of years ago with ancient “ant odometers,” and moving through time to our modern-day quest for higher dimensions, prolific polymath Clifford Pickover covers major milestones in …
Spider Legs
Av Clifford A. Pickover, Piers Anthony
E-bok, 2014
148 kr
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An ecological disaster spawns an eight-legged sea monster in this collaboration between the science fiction author and acclaimed nonfiction writer.Millions of readers have enjoyed the books of Piers Anthony, including (but certainly not limited to) his undeniably popular Xanth and Blue Adept …
Spider Legs
Av Clifford A. Pickover, Piers Anthony
E-bok, 2014
130 kr
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An ecological disaster spawns an eight-legged sea monster in this collaboration between the science fiction author and acclaimed nonfiction writer. Millions of readers have enjoyed the books of Piers Anthony, including (but certainly not limited to) his undeniably popular Xanth and Blue Adept …
Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
A True Medical Mystery
Häftad, 2000
362 kr
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This can justifiably be called history's most fascinating medical mystery, a dark, true-life Alice in Wonderland tale with a streak of horror. Why should we care today about a poor, eighteenth-century girl who gave birth to monstrosities? Mary Toft's story bears uncanny parallels with our own time …
Dreaming the Future
The Fantastic Story of Prediction
Inbunden, 2001
338 kr
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For countless generations people of every culture have practiced a broad range of dramatic and sometimes frightening techniques to peer into the future. In this fascinating book acclaimed author Clifford Pickover presents a nearly exhaustive list of fortune-telling techniques, from the ominous …
PATTERN BOOK: FRACTALS, ART AND NATURE, THE
Av Pickover Clifford a, Clifford A Pickover
Inbunden, 1995
2449 kr
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This book will allow you to travel through time and space. To facilitate your journey, the editor has scoured the four corners of the earth in a quest for unusual people and their fascinating patterns. From Mozambique, to Asia, to many European countries, the contributors to The Pattern Book …
VISUALIZING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Av PICKOVER C A, Clifford A Pickover
Inbunden, 1995
1828 kr
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Biological data of all kinds is proliferating at an incredible rate. If humans attempt to read such data in the form of numbers and letters, they will take in the information at a snail's pace. If the information is rendered graphically, however, human analysts can assimilate it and gain insight at …
