Weirder maths : at the edge of the possible / David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee.
Even the most enthusiastic of maths students probably at one time wondered when exactly it would all prove useful in 'real life'. Well, maths reaches so far and wide through our world that, love it or hate it, we're all doing maths almost every minute of every day. David Darling and A...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Get out of that -- At the vanishing point -- Seven numbers that rule the universe -- Through the looking glass -- Maths for art's sake -- Beyond the imaginary -- Tilings : plain, fancy, and downright peculiar -- Weird mathematicians -- In the realm of the quantum -- Bubbles, double bubbles, and bubble troubles -- Just for the fun of it -- Shapes weird and wonderful -- The great unknowns -- Could maths be any different?. | |
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