Engineering Mathematics

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.

If you’ve spent a fair share of time in math class glancing at the clock, you’re not alone. Glancing at the clouds and wondering how well counting the flower petals on the windowsill can help you run out the clock is a pretty common phenomenon for people who aren’t into numbers. But those connections you make aren’t just in your head. You might just be closer than you think to understanding the universe. The Voice of Math takes a deep dive into understanding numbers through the lens of humanity.

仕事も勉強も！　「小学校の算数だけで大丈夫！」偏差値35から東大合格、シリーズ43万部！◆「1/3で割る」の意味、わかりますか？◆たとえば「6÷3」を考えてみましょう。

The exploration of eternal shapes is an endeavor that transcends temporal boundaries, reaching into the depths of human history and cultural evolution. A study of these archetypal forms reveals their indispensable role in shaping the very fabric of existence, both tangible and metaphysical.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

August, 1755. Newcastle, on the north bank of the Tyne. In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in. Sunlight or rain. Scudding clouds and backbreaking labour. Three hundred feet underground, young Charles Hutton is at the coalface. Cramped, dust choked, wielding a five-pound pick by candlelight. Eighteen years old, he’s been down the pits on and off for more than a decade, and now it looks like a life sentence. No unusual story, although Charles is a clever lad - gifted at maths and languages - and for a time he hoped for a different life. Many hoped.

How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list? What equations should you use to decorate the Christmas tree? Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinner—shimmying up and down chimneys for a whole night—or fatter—as he munches on cookies and milk in billions of houses across the world? In The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus, distinguished mathematicians Hannah Fry and Thomas Oléron Evans demonstrate, with eminent clarity, how applied mathematics are so thoroughly interwoven throughout our everyday lives.

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.

In this book, we will explore the history, the properties, and the applications of blank, the first number. Blank is not just a symbol or a placeholder. It is a number that represents the absence of quantity, the origin of counting, and the foundation of arithmetic. Blank is also a concept that has profound implications for logic, algebra, geometry, calculus, and even physics and cosmology.

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.

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.

Do you want to become mentally sharper and quicker? Do you want to be able to save time and calculate large numbers on the go while you're shopping or adding up a bill at a restaurant? Do you want other people to notice how you seem to not need a calculator, how you seem like such a genius? If yes, then this audiobook is for you. Mental math is the ability to solve math problems in your head, without the need to write or use a calculator. And it has all of the benefits implied above and much more.

Delving into the interesting, amusing and often bizarre lore of numbers, this intriguing book uncovers the numbers that have shaped our history and culture, from ancient Babylon to the present day. Light-hearted and entertaining, but chock-full of fascinating and little-known detail, here you'll find the origins of many well-worn numeric words and phrases, explanations of numbers in art and popular culture, and numbers of religious and mythical significance and the superstitions surrounding them.