Andrew Hacker's 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning the requirement of advanced mathematics in our schools instantly became one of the paper's most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict a full menu of mathematics―algebra,...
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The Math-Hacker Book: Shortcut Your Way To Maths Success - The Only Truly Painless Way To Learn And Unlock Maths
For you, maths is a painful thing that you're forced to do but really hate. You want to get a good grade, but find that you can do okay in class, but struggle in the exam. To solve this problem, I've created 'Math-Hacker', a guide through the...
You may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and its sister show Futurama) without ever realizing that cleverly embedded in many plots are subtle references to mathematics, ranging from well-known equations to cutting-edge theorems and...
Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.
Is the universe infinite?
Do we know what happened before the Big Bang?
Where is human consciousness located in the brain?
And are there more...
At the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory, and much of modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry. In Why Beauty Is Truth, world-famous mathematician Ian Stewart narrates the history of the emergence of this remarkable...
With a foreword by Tim Rice, this book will change the way you see the world. Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket on a Friday? Why are showers always too hot or too cold? And what's the connection between a rugby player taking a conversion and...
X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants,...
![φ – Число Бога [Золотое сечение – формула мироздания]](https://www.rulit.me/data/programs/images/565087_565087.jpg)
Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная, Математика
φ – Число Бога [Золотое сечение – формула мироздания]
Как только не называли это загадочное число, которое математики обозначают буквой φ: и золотым сечением, и числом Бога, и божественной...
Опубликовано в журнале «Юность» № 12 (163), 1968
Раздел «Наука и...
Книга известного американского популяризатора науки Мартина Гарднера, посвященная логическим и математическим парадоксам.
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