Arthur Benjamin: The Magic of Math: Solving for X and Figuring Out Why

The Magic of Math: Solving for X and Figuring Out Why


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A New York Times Bestseller "Arthur Benjamin ...joyfully shows you how to make nature's numbers dance." --Bill Nye The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples--from ice-cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares--this book revels in key mathematical fields including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus, plus Fibonacci numbers, infinity, and, of course, mathematical magic tricks. Known throughout the world as the "mathemagician," Arthur Benjamin mixes mathematics and magic to make the subject fun, attractive, and easy to understand for math fan and math-phobic alike. "A positively joyful exploration of mathematics." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Each [trick] is more dazzling than the last." --Physics World

Italo Calvino's enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from mathematical formulae and cellular structures, The Complete Cosmicomics is translated by Martin McLaughlin, Tim Parks and William Weaver in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Naturally, we were all there, - dld Qfwfq said, - where else could we have been? Nobody knew then that there could be space. Or time either: what use did we have for time, packed in there like sardines?' The Cosmicomics tell the story of the history of the universe, from the big bang, through millennia and across galaxies. It is witnessed through the eyes of 'cosmic know-it-all' Qfwfq, an exuberant, chameleon-like figure, who takes the shape of a dinosaur, a mollusc, a steamer captain and a moon milk gatherer, among others. This is the first complete edition in English of Italo Calvino's funny, whimsical and delightful stories, which blend scientific fact, flights of fancy, parody and wordplay to show the strangeness and the wonders of the world. Italo Calvino (1923-1985), one of Italy's finest The Magic of Math: Solving for X and Figuring Out Why pdf postwar writers, has delighted readers around the world with his deceptively simple, fable-like stories.


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Author: Arthur Benjamin
Number of Pages: 336 pages
Published Date: 06 Sep 2016
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
Publication Country: Washington, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780465096213
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