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33 produkter
Introduction to Mathematical Thinking
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad
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221 kr
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Mathematics
The New Golden Age
Av Keith Devlin
E-bok, 1998
125 kr
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In the computerized world of today mathematics has had an impact on almost every aspect of our lives, yet most people believe they cannot hope to understand or enjoy the subject. This comprehensive survey sets out to show just how mistaken they are. Substantially revised and updated, this second …
Joy of Sets
Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory
Av Keith Devlin
Inbunden, 1993
616 kr
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This book provides an account of those parts of contemporary set theory of direct relevance to other areas of pure mathematics. The intended reader is either an advanced-level mathematics undergraduate, a beginning graduate student in mathematics, or an accomplished mathematician who desires or …
The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved and Why Numbers Are Like Gossip
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad
421 kr
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Millennium Problems
The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles Of Our Time
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 2003
157 kr
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In 2000, the Clay Foundation announced a historic competition: whoever could solve any of seven extraordinarily difficult mathematical problems, and have the solution acknowledged as correct by the experts, would receive 1 million in prize money. There was some precedent for doing this: In 1900 the …
Unfinished Game
Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter that Made the World Modern
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 2010
265 kr
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In the early seventeenth century, the outcome of something as simple as a dice roll was consigned to the realm of unknowable chance. Mathematicians largely agreed that it was impossible to predict the probability of an occurrence. Then, in 1654, Blaise Pascal wrote to Pierre de Fermat explaining …
Life By the Numbers
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 1999
312 kr
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Why do leopards grow spots when tigers grow stripes? Is the universe round, square, or some other shape? How do the dimples in a golf ball give it greater lift? Is there such a thing as a public mood? If so, how can we accurately take its pulse?Only one tool of the human mind has the power and …
Life By the Numbers
Av Keith Devlin
E-bok, 1999
263 kr
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Why do leopards grow spots when tigers grow stripes? Is the universe round, square, or some other shape? How do the dimples in a golf ball give it greater lift? Is there such a thing as a public mood? If so, how can we accurately take its pulse? Only one tool of the human mind has the power and …
Logic and Information
Av Keith Devlin
Inbunden, 1991
1693 kr
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Intelligence can be characterised both as the ability to absorb and process information and as the ability to reason. Humans and other animals have both of these abilities to a greater or lesser degree, but the search for artificial intelligence has been hampered by our inability to create a theory …
Logic and Information
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 1995
514 kr
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Intelligence can be characterised both as the ability to absorb and process information and as the ability to reason. Humans and other animals have both of these abilities to a greater or lesser degree, but the search for artificial intelligence has been hampered by our inability to create a theory …
Finding Fibonacci
The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
Av Keith Devlin
Inbunden, 2017
324 kr
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A compelling firsthand account of Keith Devlin's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of …
Finding Fibonacci
The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 2019
165 kr
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A mathematician’s ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci’s storyIn 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci, or the “Book of Calculation,” introduced modern arithmetic to the Western …
Mathematics Education for a New Era
Video Games as a Medium for Learning
Av Keith Devlin
E-bok, 2011
675 kr
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Stanford mathematician and NPR Math Guy Keith Devlin explains why, fun aside, video games are the ideal medium to teach middle-school math. Aimed primarily at teachers and education researchers, but also of interest to game developers who want to produce videogames for mathematics education, …
Numbers Behind NUMB3RS
Solving Crime with Mathematics
E-bok, 2007
150 kr
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The companion to the hit CBS crime series Numb3rs presents the fascinating way mathematics is used to fight real-life crime Using the popular CBS prime-time TV crime series Numb3rs as a springboard, Keith Devlin (known to millions of NPR listeners as the Math Guy on NPR''s Weekend Edition with …
Computer as Crucible
An Introduction to Experimental Mathematics
Av Jonathan Borwein, Keith Devlin
Inbunden, 2017
3520 kr
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Keith Devlin and Jonathan Borwein, two well-known mathematicians with expertise in different mathematical specialties but with a common interest in experimentation in mathematics, have joined forces to create this introduction to experimental mathematics. They cover a variety of topics and examples …
Mathematics Education for a New Era
Video Games as a Medium for Learning
Av Keith Devlin
Inbunden, 2017
3147 kr
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Stanford mathematician and NPR Math Guy Keith Devlin explains why, fun aside, video games are the ideal medium to teach middle-school math. Aimed primarily at teachers and education researchers, but also of interest to game developers who want to produce videogames for mathematics education, …
Sets, Functions, and Logic
An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics, Third Edition
Av Keith Devlin
Inbunden, 2017
2910 kr
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Keith Devlin. You know him. You've read his columns in MAA Online, you've heard him on the radio, and you've seen his popular mathematics books. In between all those activities and his own research, he's been hard at work revising Sets, Functions and Logic, his standard-setting text that has …
Finding Fibonacci
The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World
Av Keith Devlin
E-bok, 2017
227 kr
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A compelling firsthand account of Keith Devlin''s ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci''s story In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci, whose book Liber abbaci has quite literally affected the lives of …
Man of Numbers
Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 2012
161 kr
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In 1202, a 32-year old Italian finished one of the most influential books of all time, which introduced modern arithmetic to Western Europe. Devised in India in the seventh and eighth centuries and brought to North Africa by Muslim traders, the Hindu-Arabic system helped transform the West into the …
Man of Numbers
Fibonacci'S Arithmetic Revolution
Av Keith Devlin
E-bok, 2011
164 kr
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In 1202, a 32-year old Italian finished one of the most influential books of all time, which introduced modern arithmetic to Western Europe. Devised in India in the seventh and eighth centuries and brought to North Africa by Muslim traders, the Hindu-Arabic system helped transform the West into the …
Mathematics Education for a New Era
Video Games as a Medium for Learning
Av Keith Devlin
E-bok, 2011
716 kr
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Stanford mathematician and NPR Math Guy Keith Devlin explains why, fun aside, video games are the ideal medium to teach middle-school math. Aimed primarily at teachers and education researchers, but also of interest to game developers who want to produce videogames for mathematics education, …
Joy of Sets
Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory
Av Keith Devlin
E-bok, 2012
831 kr
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This book provides an account of those parts of contemporary set theory of direct relevance to other areas of pure mathematics. The intended reader is either an advanced-level mathematics undergraduate, a beginning graduate student in mathematics, or an accomplished mathematician who desires or …
Joy of Sets
Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 2012
616 kr
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This book provides an account of those parts of contemporary set theory of direct relevance to other areas of pure mathematics. The intended reader is either an advanced-level mathematics undergraduate, a beginning graduate student in mathematics, or an accomplished mathematician who desires or …
Mathematician's Angle on School Math
Essays from the First 25 Years of the MAA Online Column, Devlin's Angle, 1996-2020
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 2025
481 kr
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First published in January 1996, Devlin's Angle is a popular online monthly feature on the MAA Math Values website. In this book, Keith Devlin has celebrated the first quarter century of the MAA's web presence by curating a collection of 46 of the 288 posts from that period, chosen for their …
Sets, Functions, and Logic
An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics, Third Edition
Av Keith Devlin
E-bok, 2018
1178 kr
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Keith Devlin. You know him. You''ve read his columns in MAA Online, you''ve heard him on the radio, and you''ve seen his popular mathematics books. In between all those activities and his own research, he''s been hard at work revising Sets, Functions and Logic, his standard-setting text that has …
The Math Instinct: Why You're a Mathematical Genius (Along with Lobsters, Birds, Cats, and Dogs)
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad
418 kr
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Computer as Crucible
An Introduction to Experimental Mathematics
Av Jonathan Borwein, Keith Devlin
Häftad, 2008
602 kr
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Keith Devlin and Jonathan Borwein, two well-known mathematicians with expertise in different mathematical specialties but with a common interest in experimentation in mathematics, have joined forces to create this introduction to experimental mathematics. They cover a variety of topics and examples …
Mathematics Education for a New Era
Video Games as a Medium for Learning
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 2011
585 kr
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Stanford mathematician and NPR Math Guy Keith Devlin explains why, fun aside, video games are the ideal medium to teach middle-school math. Aimed primarily at teachers and education researchers, but also of interest to game developers who want to produce videogames for mathematics education, …
Sets, Functions, and Logic
An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics, Third Edition
Av Keith Devlin
Häftad, 2003
1110 kr
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Keith Devlin. You know him. You've read his columns in MAA Online, you've heard him on the radio, and you've seen his popular mathematics books. In between all those activities and his own research, he's been hard at work revising Sets, Functions and Logic, his standard-setting text that has …
Experimentelle Mathematik
Eine beispielorientierte Einführung
Av Keith Devlin, Jonathan Borwein
E-bok, 2010
171 kr
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Papier und Bleistift wurden lange als die einzigen Hilfsmittel der Mathematiker betrachtet (einige würden hier auch noch den Papierkorb dazuzählen). Wie in vielen anderen Gebieten auch, hat allerdings in den letzten Jahren der Einsatz von Computern in der Mathematik stark zugenommen und somit die …
