Weirdest Maths
At the Frontiers of Reason
1st Edition
Published on 4. February 2021
256 pages
978-1-78607-806-3 (ISBN)
Description
Maths is everywhere, in everything. It's in the finest margins of modern sport. It's in the electrical pulses of our hearts and the flight of every bird. It is our key to secret messages, lost languages and perhaps even the shape of the universe of itself.
David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee reveal the mathematics at the farthest reaches of our world - from its role in the plots of novels to how animals employ numerical skills to survive. Along the way they explore what makes a genius, why a seemingly simple problem can confound the best and brightest for decades, and what might be the great discovery of the twenty-first century. As Bertrand Russell once said, 'mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty'. Banerjee and Darling make sure we see it right again.
David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee reveal the mathematics at the farthest reaches of our world - from its role in the plots of novels to how animals employ numerical skills to survive. Along the way they explore what makes a genius, why a seemingly simple problem can confound the best and brightest for decades, and what might be the great discovery of the twenty-first century. As Bertrand Russell once said, 'mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty'. Banerjee and Darling make sure we see it right again.
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'The brilliant combination of an accomplished science writer and a young mathematical prodigy.' -- Bobby Seagull, author of <i>The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers</i> and co-presenter of <i>Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain</i>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
File size
3,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78607-806-3 (9781786078063)
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Persons
David Darling is a science writer, astronomer and tutor. He is the author of nearly fifty books, including the bestselling Equations of Eternity. He lives in Dundee, Scotland. daviddarling.info
Agnijo Banerjee is one of the world's most outstanding young mathematicians and a former student of Darling's. At the age of thirteen he attained the highest possible score on Mensa's IQ test and in 2018 he came joint first in the International Mathematical Olympiad, becoming the first person from the UK to obtain a perfect score in 24 years. He was born in Kolkata, India, but has spent most of his life in Scotland. He is now continuing his studies at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Agnijo Banerjee is one of the world's most outstanding young mathematicians and a former student of Darling's. At the age of thirteen he attained the highest possible score on Mensa's IQ test and in 2018 he came joint first in the International Mathematical Olympiad, becoming the first person from the UK to obtain a perfect score in 24 years. He was born in Kolkata, India, but has spent most of his life in Scotland. He is now continuing his studies at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Content
- Intro
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Genius
- Chapter 2 Sporting Chance
- Chapter 3 For Your Eyes Only
- Chapter 4 Fantasia Mathematica
- Chapter 5 In Beauty Lies Truth?
- Chapter 6 The Shape of Space
- Chapter 7 Life by Numbers
- Chapter 8 Stats Weird
- Chapter 9 Easier Said Than Done
- Chapter 10 Anything You Can Do.
- Chapter 11 Logic: Formal, Fallacious, and Fuzzy
- Chapter 12 Is Everything Mathematical?
- Chapter 13 The Next Fifty Years
- Acknowledgements
