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Beautiful, Simple, Exact, Crazy: Mathematics in the Real World
Dr. Apoorva Khare
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Description for Beautiful, Simple, Exact, Crazy: Mathematics in the Real World
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 72 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
In this vibrant work, which is ideal for both teaching and learning, Apoorva Khare and Anna Lachowska explain the mathematics essential for understanding and appreciating our quantitative world. They show with examples that mathematics is a key tool in the creation and appreciation of art, music, and literature, not just science and technology. The book covers basic mathematical topics from logarithms to statistics, but the authors eschew mundane finance and probability problems. Instead, they explain how modular arithmetic helps keep our online transactions safe, how logarithms justify the twelve-tone scale commonly used in music, and how transmissions by deep space ... Read more
In this vibrant work, which is ideal for both teaching and learning, Apoorva Khare and Anna Lachowska explain the mathematics essential for understanding and appreciating our quantitative world. They show with examples that mathematics is a key tool in the creation and appreciation of art, music, and literature, not just science and technology. The book covers basic mathematical topics from logarithms to statistics, but the authors eschew mundane finance and probability problems. Instead, they explain how modular arithmetic helps keep our online transactions safe, how logarithms justify the twelve-tone scale commonly used in music, and how transmissions by deep space ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
680g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300190892
SKU
V9780300190892
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Dr. Apoorva Khare
Apoorva Khare is currently a research associate in mathematics and statistics at Stanford University. Anna Lachowska is a lecturer in mathematics at Yale University.
Reviews for Beautiful, Simple, Exact, Crazy: Mathematics in the Real World
The authors have assembled a fascinating group of very interesting topics. -Richard Bedient, Hamilton College
Richard Bedient It is an excellent book, well-suited for a thoughtful, quantitatively-rigorous `Math for Humanists' course. -William Goldbloom Bloch, author of The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel
William Goldbloom Bloch Khare and Lachowska introduce bite-size pieces of important math ... Read more
Richard Bedient It is an excellent book, well-suited for a thoughtful, quantitatively-rigorous `Math for Humanists' course. -William Goldbloom Bloch, author of The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel
William Goldbloom Bloch Khare and Lachowska introduce bite-size pieces of important math ... Read more