Provides a collection of essays on the role of mathematics in everyday life, through science, technology, and culture. The common theme is the unique position of mathematics as the art of pure thought and at the same time as a universally applicable science. From compact discs to the stock exchange, from computer tomography to traffic routing, from electronic money to climate change, it makes the 'maths inside' understandable and enjoyable.
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ISBN | 9780821843499 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | American Mathematical Society |
Jahr | 20100830 |
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