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  • Parker, Matt (Mathematician), author.
     
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  • Mathematics -- Popular works.
     
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  • Mathematics -- Humor.
     
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    Things to make and do in the fourth dimension : a mathematician's journey through narcissistic numbers, optimal dating algorithms, at least two kinds of infinity, and more / Matt Parker.
    by Parker, Matt (Mathematician), author.
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    New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
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  • Mathematics -- Popular works.
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  • Mathematics -- Humor.
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    9780374535636 (pbk.) :
    0374535639 (pbk.)
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    463 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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    First American paperback edition.
    Contents: 
    The zeroth chapter -- Can you digit? -- Making shapes -- Be there and be square -- Shape shifting -- Shapes : now in 3D -- Pack it up, pack it in -- Prime time -- Knot a problem -- Just for graphs -- The fourth dimension -- The algorithm method -- How to build a computer -- Number mash-ups -- Ridiculous shapes -- Higher dimensions -- Good data die hard -- Ridiculous numbers -- To infinity and beyond -- The subsequent chapter -- The answers at the back of the book.
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    A mathematician and comedian offers games, puzzles, and hands-on activities to help those with a fear of math understand and enjoy the logical tools and abstract concepts of the subject normally only accessible at college-level study.
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    Kaimuki Public LibraryAdult Nonfiction510 PaChecked out06/23/2024Add Copy to MyList
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