Beyond Numeracy
Published on 29. May 2013
304 pages
978-0-307-83333-4 (ISBN)
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From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration and explanation of mathematical concepts from algebra to zero in easily accessible alphabetical entries. "Paulos . . . does for mathematics what The Joy of Sex did for the boudoir. . . ."--Washington Post Book World. First time in paperback.
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John Allen Paulos is an acclaimed author, popular public speaker, and former monthly columnist for ABCNews.com, the Scientific American, and the Guardian (London). A professor of math at Temple University in Philadelphia, he earned his PhD in the subject from the University of Wisconsin. His books include A Numerate Life, the New York Timess-bestselling Innumeracy, and A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper. In 2003 he received the American Association for the Advancement of Science award for promoting public understanding of science, and in 2013 the Mathematics Communication Award from the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- A Mathematical Accent
- Algebra-Some Basic Principles
- Analytic Geometry
- Arabic Numerals
- Areas and Volumes
- Binary Numbers and Codes
- Calculus
- Chaos Theory
- Coincidences
- Combinatorics, Graphs, and Maps
- Complexity of Programs
- Computation and Rote
- Correlation, Intervals, and Testing
- Differential Equations
- E
- Mathematics in Ethics
- Exponential Growth
- Fermat's Last Theorem
- Mathematical Folklore
- Fractals
- Functions
- Game Theory
- Gödel and His Theorem
- Golden Rectangle, Fibonacci Sequences
- Groups and Abstract Algebra
- Human Consciousness, Its Fractal Nature
- Humor and Mathematics
- Imaginary and Negative Numbers
- Impossibilities-Three Old, Three New
- Mathematical Induction
- Infinite Sets
- Limits
- Linear Programming
- Matrices and Vectors
- Mean, Median, and Mode
- Möbius Strips and Orientability
- Monte Carlo Method of Simulation
- The Multiplication Principle
- Music, Art, and Digitalization
- Non-Euclidean Geometry
- Notation
- Oulipo-Mathematics in Literature
- Partial Orderings and Comparisons
- Pascal's Triangle
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Pi
- Platonic Solids
- Prime Numbers
- Probability
- The Pythagorean Theorem
- QED, Proofs, and Theorems
- The Quadratic and Other Formulas
- Quantifiers in Logic
- Rational and Irrational Numbers
- Recursion-From Definitions to Life
- Russell's Paradox
- Scientific Notation
- Series-Convergence and Divergence
- Sorting and Retrieving
- Statistics-Two Theorems
- Substitutability and More on Rote
- Symmetry and Invariance
- Tautologies and Truth Tables
- Time, Space, and Immensity
- Topology
- Trigonometry
- Turing's Test, Expert Systems
- Variables and Pronouns
- Voting Systems
- Zeno and Motion
- Chronological Listing of the "Top Forty"
- Suggested Readings
- About the Author
- Other Titles By the Author
