Full name: Math Hysteria: Fun and Games with Mathematics

Author: Ian Stewart Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Mathematics, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780198613367 0198613369

Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! Math Hysteria contains twenty quirky tales of mathematical exploration by one of the world's most popular writers on mathematics. Ian Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale, including "Counting the Cattle of the Sun," "The Great Drain Robbery," and "Preposterous Piratical Predicaments." Fully illustrated with explanatory diagrams, each tale is told with engaging wit, sure to amuse everyone with an interest in puzzles and mathematics. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters. Containing twenty specially-commissioned cartoons, this book will delight all who are familiar with Stewart's many other books, such as What Shape is a Snowflake? and Flatterland and anyone interested in mathematical problems. In short, these stories are engaging, challenging, and lots of fun! Similar books: Mathematics by Keith Devlin Anno's Math Games by Mitsumasa Anno The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas A Course of Pure Mathematics by G. H. Hardy Meta Math! by Gregory Chaitin Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge by Morris Kline Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis by Dan Rockmore Wonders of Numbers by Clifford A. Pickover A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modelling by Mike Mesterton-Gibbons Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula by Paul J. Nahin Further Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas The Joy of Mathematics by Theoni Pappas Mathematical Scandals by Theoni Pappas The Book of Numbers by John H. Conway Surreal Numbers by Donald E. Knuth An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers by G. H. Hardy Principles of Mathematical Analysis by Walter Rudin Math for Smarty Pants by Marilyn Burns Concepts of Modern Mathematics by Ian Stewart The Beauty of Fractals by Heinz-Otto Peitgen