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Two mathematicians explore how math fits into everything from art, music, and literature to space probes and game shows.
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 probes are like knights serving as messengers for their traveling prince.
Perfect for coursework in introductory mathematics and requiring no knowledge of calculus, Khare and Lachowskaâs enlightening mathematics tour will appeal to a wide audience.
âA whirlwind tour through mathematics and its applications to the real world, laced with stimulating exercises and fascinating historical insights. Destined to become a classic of mathematical exposition.â âEli Maor, author of e: the Story of a Number and Trigonometric Delights
âKhare and Lachowska introduce bite-size pieces of important math by surrounding them with interesting context, from the Monty Hall problem for probability to a story by Dino Buzzati for velocity. Math treated with seriousness and fun.â âMichael Frame, co-author, with Benoit Mandelbrot, of Fractals, Graphics, and Mathematics Education âAn excellent book, well-suited for a thoughtful, quantitatively-rigorous âMath for Humanistsâ course.â âWilliam Goldbloom Bloch, author of The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borgesâ Library of Babel
© 2015 Yale University Press (E-bog): 9780300216424
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E-bog: 25. august 2015
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