Fantasia Mathematica

Author : Clifton Fadiman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780387949314
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantasia Mathematica written by Clifton Fadiman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clifton Fadiman's classic collection of mathematical stories, essays and anecdotes is now once again available. Ranging from the poignant to the comical via the simply surreal, these selections include writing by Aldous Huxley, Martin Gardner, H.G. Wells, George Gamow, G.H. Hardy, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and many others. Humorous, mysterious, and always entertaining, this collection is sure to bring a smile to the faces of mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike.

Author : Clifton Fadiman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantasia Mathematica written by Clifton Fadiman and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clifton Fadiman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671244507
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fantasia Math written by Clifton Fadiman and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clifton Fadiman
Publisher : Copernicus
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mathematical Magpie written by Clifton Fadiman and published by Copernicus. This book was released on 1997-04-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The companion volume to Fadiman's Fantasia Mathematica, this second anthology of mathematical writings is even more varied and contains stories, cartoons, essays, rhymes, music, anecdotes, aphorisms, and other oddments. Authors include Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, and many other renowned figures.

Author : William Frucht
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imaginary Numbers written by William Frucht and published by . This book was released on 1999-09-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Enter the wildly inventive world of Imaginary Numbers, in which a marvelous roster of acclaimed writers conjure up magical happenings, fantastic visions, and brainteasing puzzles, all based in some way on mathematical ideas. This anthology offers a connoisseur's selection of a special brand of creative writing in which the authors play with a vast array of mathematical notions - from the marvels of infinity to the peculiarities of space-time to quantum weirdness, the relativity of time, and the curious attraction of black holes." --Book Jacket.

Author : New York (N.Y.). Board of Education
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Points in the Work of the High Schools of New York City written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615926860
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-Sided Professor written by Martin Gardner and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is Martin Gardner''s first collection of short stories. Culled from fiction written over the years for such magazines as Esquire and the London Mystery Magazine, The No-Sided Professor is proof that Gardner''s expertise does not stop at his scientific and mathematical works. Only Gardner can infuse short stories with the same masterful charm, wit, and philosophical brio that have brought him legions of fans through his mathematical-puzzle books and investigations into science and pseudoscience. Gardner introduces us to the "No-Sided Professor," Dr. Stanislaw Slapenarski, who by means of a kind of mathematical yoga blips himself and his nemesis into another dimension. In "At the Feet of Karl Klodhopper," Gardner tells an engrossing story of lust and murder in the art world. These and other stories reveal Gardner''s astonishingly wide range of intellectual insight and cultural acumen. The No-Sided Professor is full of tales of fantasy, humor, the bohemian life, topological wizardry, and mystery. All are stamped with the unmistakable seal of a master storyteller.

Author : Arthur Porges
Publisher : Richard Simmn Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780955694233
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil and Simon Flagg and Other Fantastic Tales written by Arthur Porges and published by Richard Simmn Publications. This book was released on 2009-05-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb collection of weird fantasy tales by Arthur Porges (1915-2006). Includes four previously unpublished stories.

Author : Rudolf v. B. Rucker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780450502538
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathenauts written by Rudolf v. B. Rucker and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maths-based science fiction anthology.

Author : Michele Emmer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319012312
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imagine Math 3 written by Michele Emmer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine mathematics, imagine with the help of mathematics, imagine new worlds, new geometries, new forms. This volume in the series “Imagine Math” casts light on what is new and interesting in the relationships between mathematics, imagination and culture. The book opens by examining the connections between modern and contemporary art and mathematics, including Linda D. Henderson’s contribution. Several further papers are devoted to mathematical models and their influence on modern and contemporary art, including the work of Henry Moore and Hiroshi Sugimoto. Among the many other interesting contributions are an homage to Benoît Mandelbrot with reference to the exhibition held in New York in 2013 and the thoughts of Jean-Pierre Bourguignon on the art and math exhibition at the Fondation Cartier in Paris. An interesting part is dedicated to the connections between math, computer science and theatre with the papers by C. Bardainne and A. Mondot. The topics are treated in a way that is rigorous but captivating, detailed but very evocative. This is an all-embracing look at the world of mathematics and culture.