Engineering Mathematics

In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks makes clear that mathematics was one of the foundational innovations that catapulted humanity from a nomadic existence to civilization, and that it has been instrumental in every subsequent great leap of humankind: from charting the movements of celestial bodies to navigating the globe to tracking the dissemination of viruses.

Nombres premiers, irrationnels... Les nombres révèlent des structures et une diversité surprenantes. Ils ont fasciné tous les mathématiciens, de Platon jusqu'aux plus modernes. Jean-Pierre Kahane nous initie ici à quelques uns de leurs mystères. Jean-Pierre Kahane nous convie ici à une promenade dans les nombres. Accompagné de Pythagore, Euclide, Théétète et Platon il nous emmène vers les irrationnels et les nombres premiers.

Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power. Join Rob Eastaway as he takes an entertaining look at how to figure without a calculator. Packed with amusing anecdotes, quizzes, and handy calculation tips for every situation, Maths on the Back of an Envelope is an invaluable introduction to the art of estimation and a welcome reminder that sometimes our own brain is the best tool we have to deal with numbers.

Numeri, figure geometriche e relazioni matematiche sono dovunque attorno a noi, talvolta in forma evidente, più spesso annidati nei meccanismi di funzionamento dell'universo. Ma in che modo - e perché - queste creazioni astratte della mente umana riescono a descrivere il mondo concreto dei fenomeni naturali, da quelli più familiari a quelli che hanno luogo nelle profondità della materia e del cosmo? Un filosofo e uno scienziato esplorano la capillare presenza della matematica nella natura, raccontando alcune delle sue manifestazioni più curiose e affascinanti.

Происхождение видов - opus magnum Дарвина, в котором он подробно и доступно обосновал теорию эволюции видов и естественного отбора как главного двигателя эволюции. Сейчас, когда с теорией эволюции знаком каждый школьник, невозможно даже представить себе, какой эффект произвел сначала в Англии, а потом и в других странах этот гениальный научный труд. Книга Дарвина, наряду с "Математическими началами натуральной философии" Ньютона, "О богатстве народов" Адама Смита, "Критикой чистого разума" Канта входит в золотой фонд человеческой мысли.

An award-winning mathematician shows how we prove what’s true, and what to do when we can’t.

Ведущий физик-теоретик Карло Ровелли обращается к фигуре древнегреческого философа Анаксимандра — автора первой научной концепции мироустройства, — чтобы проследить историю научной мысли. Автор тщательно реконструирует теории Анаксимандра на основе того, что нам известно, обращая особое внимание на их историко-философский контекст. В книге органично переплетаются описания первых концепций мироустройства и размышления видного ученого нашего времени о самой природе научного мышления.

Al liceo Pietro Minto odiava la matematica. O meglio: si sentiva odiato, perseguitato, escluso da quei simboli e quelle formule simili a rune misteriose. Come molti, ammettiamolo. E come molti, uscito dalla maturità con il proverbiale calcio nel sedere, è ben deciso a lasciarsi tutto alle spalle: numeri, problemi, conti che non tornano mai. Ma l'incontro mancato con la matematica rimane dentro di lui come una ferita non rimarginata, un tarlo che scava la sua via per uscire: ormai adulto decide allora di lanciarsi in un'impresa che ha qualcosa di folle, ma proprio per questo anche di esaltante.

Whether you are an educator, student, researcher, or administrator, it has become even more critical now more than ever to understand what contextualized math curriculum is and how it can be applied inside an online or face-to-face math classroom. What is contextualized mathematics? What are the foundational research underpinnings of contextualized math curriculum? What have we learned about contextualized math curriculum that will improve math education in the future?

Un estimulante viaje que comienza con la aparición de los números primos—objeto de profundas y sorprendentes investigaciones matemáticas a lo largo de los siglos—y nos lleva hasta los límites del infinito, el número más grande de todos y el único que consigue que las matemáticas y la filosofía encuentren un lugar común.

Eso no estaba en mi libro de Matemáticas va más allá del consabido texto en el que se exponen de forma más o menos ordenada ciertos tópicos aritméticos, geométricos o algebraicos. Por el contrario, esta obra es un compendio que aborda el vasto universo de las matemáticas dando cabida a contenidos en apariencia dispares e inconexos, pero tremendamente sugestivos para el oyente.

En sus páginas, amenas y cargadas de revelaciones, se dan cita personajes, problemas, procedimientos, recreaciones y paradojas del más variado tenor: desde el curioso origen de los símbolos matemáticos más usuales...

Dare senso al mondo, alle esperienze quotidiane e, ancor più, agli eventi che ci sorprendono o dai quali può dipendere la nostra sopravvivenza. Quante volte una dimenticanza o un impercettibile ritardo nel compiere un'azione hanno conseguenze importanti o addirittura drammatiche? È ciò che i matematici chiamano caos, un concetto che ha un'origine assai remota nel pensiero umano, condizione della bellezza della natura per i filosofi presocratici, forza speculare all'armonia nel taoismo.

What is the best way to think about the world? How often do we consider how our own thinking might impact the way we approach our daily decisions? Could it help or hinder our relationships, our careers, or even our health? As acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shows, thinking about thinking is something we rarely do, yet it is something science questions all the time. He has spent decades studying what we could all learn from the mindsets of scientists, and Four Ways of Thinking is the result.

Лучшие математики человечества утверждали, что в числах зашифрованы ответы на многие вопросы о Вселенной, судьбе, будущем. Египетские, индийские мудрецы видели в числовых сочетаниях всю человеческую жизнь. А знаменитый Пифагор считал цифры кодом всего мира. С квадрата Пифагора начинается нумерология. Эта книга о тайной силе цифр. Автор — Мастер, который много лет работает с ними, — дает нам пошаговую методику анализа даты рождения и имени. Вы сможете рассчитать числа судьбы, имени, совместимости; понять ваши главные жизненные цели и задачи, распознать скрытые таланты и способности; научитесь предвидеть события и влиять на их исход.

How many people achieve a cult following because of their writing in mathematics? Only a handful, and Martin Gardner is among the most well-known and well-loved. Not only did he present a notoriously difficult subject in an engaging and accessible way, but in doing so, he attracted an incredibly broad readership. His “Mathematical Games” column in Scientific American ran nearly every month for 26 years and was one of the most popular in the magazine’s history.

Are the secrets of the universe written in words - or is it all about the digits? K. C. Cole follows up her paean to the power of physics, Sympathetic Vibrations, with this engaging and accessible guide to the might and majesty of mathematics. The Universe and the Teacup uses relatable examples and humorous prose to demonstrate math's ability to "translate the complexity of the world into manageable patterns".

Adrián Paenza, galardonado con el Premio Leelavati al mejor divulgador del mundo en matemática, narra los problemas más curiosos sobre matemática recreativa. Uno de los primeros best sellers de autoayuda, fue publicado por primera vez en 1936 y lleva vendidas 15 millones de copias a nivel mundial.

We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend your life counting and never reach the end of the line, so there can’t be such a thing as a "biggest number". Or can there? To find out, David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee embark on an epic quest, revealing the answers to questions like: are there more grains of sand on Earth or stars in the universe? Is there enough paper on Earth to write out the digits of a googolplex? And what is a googolplex? Then things get serious.

Who hasn't feared the math Minotaur in its labyrinth of abstractions? Now, in Out of the Labyrinth, Robert and Ellen Kaplan - the founders of The Math Circle, the popular learning program begun at Harvard in 1994 - reveal the secrets behind their highly successful approach, leading listeners out of the labyrinth and into the joyous embrace of mathematics.

Es posible que Pitágoras fuese el primer matemático y filósofo del mundo occidental. Su obra cambió la visión contemporánea del mundo, pues estableció conceptos tales como el razonamiento abstracto o la prueba deductiva. Pitágoras y su teorema resume brillantemente la vida y la obra de Pitágoras, ya que están presentadas dentro de su contexto histórico y científico, y, además, proporciona una explicación clara y accesible de significado y la importancia que tuvieron para el mundo en que vivimos hoy en día.