Table of Contents Title Page Dedication the disappearing columns of saint peter’s square who really chooses whom—x, y or z? digital forensics boids & birds getting a glimpse of the mathematical world[.]
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Title Page
Dedication
the disappearing columns of saint peter’s square
who really chooses whom—x, y or z? digital forensics
boids & birds
getting a glimpse of the mathematical
Trang 3world of salvador dali
math or magic?
the alhambra & the american institute of mathematics
einstein’s cosmological constant blunder? the big box for the smallest fabrications dancing with the numbers
bridges that go anywhere
networking is not schmoozing
Trang 4mathematics for math’s sake
zeno’s “zany” paradoxes & more
a closer look zeno’s dichotomy, achilles
& the tortoise, stade paradoxes
riemann hypothesis and more math
surfaces in case of lies
polling & mathematics
juggling mathematics
what’s so special about random numbers?
Trang 5the elusive black swan
voting paradoxes
the 4-color map problem’s quirky twist the road to chess
computers & random numbers
the grand canyon & randomness
the problem that determined gauss’ career π’s rock star status
Trang 6Glimpses of Genius by Erica Klarreich Science News, May 15, 2004.
Trang 7Copyright © 2008 by Theoni Pappas.
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