Weird Math
A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life
Published on 17. April 2018
304 pages
978-1-5416-4479-3 (ISBN)
Description
A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematics
Everyone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use this? It turns out, Earth is precisely the place. As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his teacher David Darling reveal, complex math surrounds us. If we think long enough about the universe, we're left not with material stuff, but a ghostly and beautiful set of equations. Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts, and surprising solutions, Weird Math leads us from a lyrical exploration of mathematics in our universe to profound questions about God, chance, and infinity. A magical introduction to the mysteries of math, it will entrance beginners and seasoned mathematicians alike.
Everyone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use this? It turns out, Earth is precisely the place. As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his teacher David Darling reveal, complex math surrounds us. If we think long enough about the universe, we're left not with material stuff, but a ghostly and beautiful set of equations. Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts, and surprising solutions, Weird Math leads us from a lyrical exploration of mathematics in our universe to profound questions about God, chance, and infinity. A magical introduction to the mysteries of math, it will entrance beginners and seasoned mathematicians alike.
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Weird Math
A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life
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David Darling is a science writer and astronomer. He is the author of the acclaimed Equations of Eternity, among other books. He lives in Dundee, Scotland.
Agnijo Banerjee is a brilliant young mathematician and child genius. A student of Darling's, he lives near Dundee, Scotland.
Agnijo Banerjee is a brilliant young mathematician and child genius. A student of Darling's, he lives near Dundee, Scotland.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Epigraph
- Preface
- A Note to the Reader
- 1 The Math Behind the World
- 2 How to See in 4-D
- 3 Chance Is a Fine Thing
- 4 Patterns at the Brink of Chaos
- 5 Turing's Fantastic Machine
- 6 Music of the Spheres
- 7 Prime Mysteries
- 8 Can Chess Be Solved?
- 9 What Is and What Should Never Be
- 10 You Can't Get There from Here
- 11 The Biggest Number of All
- 12 Bend It, Stretch It, Any Way You Want To
- 13 God, Gödel, and the Search for Proof
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Also by David Darling
- Index
