Get smart : Maths
Collins, Julia2018
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Put your mathematical muscle to the test with this entertaining and essential guide to 50 of the world's greatest problems. Can you explain Fermat's Last Theorem? What is the shape of the Universe? And how do you add up to infinity? Challenge yourself with The Genius Test: Maths and learn to think and talk like the world's greatest mathematical geniuses. Taking you on a journey through the mathematical ideas that underpin our world - from imaginary numbers and Turing machines to chaos theory and mathematical paradoxes; from the search for primes and game theory to relativity and the arithmetic of altruism - The Genius Test: Maths demystifies 50 key concepts and provides you with the tools to master the very biggest ideas. Includes: imaginary numbers; the riemann hypothesis; mathematical paradoxes; chaos theory; code breaking; Godel's incompleteness theorem; topology; the Poincare conjecture; game theory; the maths of symmetry; calculus; Turing machines; fractals; the prisoner's dilemma; primes; knot theory; probability and statistics; the Monty Hall problem and many more.
Main title:
Get smart : Maths / Julia Collins.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2018.
Collation:
223 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes index and glossary.
Contents:
Numbers -- Prime numbers -- Logic and set theory -- Geometry -- Topology -- Group therapy -- Calculus and analysis -- Algorithms and game theory -- Probability and statistics
ISBN:
9781786483355
Dewey class:
510
Language:
English
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BRN:
336845
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 510 COL | Under repair (Set: 15 Aug 2024) |