Mathematics Masterclasses
Stretching the Imagination
Published on 27. February 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-0-19-851493-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is a valuable resource of non-syllabus material for mathematics and science teachers at secondary school level, teenagers and parents. It contains written versions of Royal Institution masterclasses on a wide selection of topics in pure and applied mathematics, and very little knowledge is assumed. Topics include chaos theory, meteorology, storage limitations of computers, population growth and decay, and the mechanics of dinosaurs. This book shows that mathematics can be fun!
Reviews / Votes
"The book fully lives up to the second part of its title and will provide many hours of pleasure for inquisitive youngsters (as well as for other older readers!). . . The book encapsulates all the good features of masterclasses ... we are introduced to a huge amount of interesting mathematics ... the layout is user-friendly. . . This book can be strongly recommended to all teachers of mathematics as a resource." London Mathematical Society Newsletter "The exposition is engaging and clear." Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik " ...(the) chapter on chaos theory is a model of careful exposition of advanced material to a general audience, with well chosen examples . . . (contains) delightful contribution(s) on polyhedra and weather . . .(and is) careful to help readers maintain a global overview of the problem . . . this book is most welcome." Times Education SupplementMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
frontispiece, halftones, numerous line figures
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-851493-0 (9780198514930)
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02/1997
Oxford University Press
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Content
A Little Bit of Chaos ; Nightmare on Large Number Street ; Games of Chance ; Weather ; Square Roots and Seventeengons ; Discrete Mathematics and Its Application to Ecology ; Channels, Pipes and Rivers ; Balloons and Bubbles ; Dynamics of Dinosaurs ; Pythagorean Number Triples ; Plato, Polyhedra and Weather Forecasting ; Water Waves