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Parker, Matt (Mathematician), author.
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Mathematics -- Popular works.
Mathematics -- Humor.
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Things to make and d...
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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.
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Parker, Matt (Mathematician), author.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Subjects
Mathematics -- Popular works.
Mathematics -- Humor.
ISBN:
9780374535636 (pbk.) :
0374535639 (pbk.)
Description:
463 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition:
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 Library
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510 Pa
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06/23/2024
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Adult Nonfiction
510 Pa
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Adult Nonfiction
510 Pa
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