The Numbers Behind Numb3rs

Author : Keith Devlin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101213469
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS written by Keith Devlin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The companion to the hit CBS crime series Numb3rs presents the fascinating way mathematics is used to fight real-life crime Using the popular CBS prime-time TV crime series Numb3rs as a springboard, Keith Devlin (known to millions of NPR listeners as the Math Guy on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon) and Gary Lorden (the principal math advisor to Numb3rs) explain real-life mathematical techniques used by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to catch and convict criminals. From forensics to counterterrorism, the Riemann hypothesis to image enhancement, solving murders to beating casinos, Devlin and Lorden present compelling cases that illustrate how advanced mathematics can be used in state-of-the-art criminal investigations.

Author : Keith Devlin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780452288577
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS written by Keith Devlin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The companion to the hit CBS crime series Numb3rs presents the fascinating way mathematics is used to fight real-life crime Using the popular CBS prime-time TV crime series Numb3rs as a springboard, Keith Devlin (known to millions of NPR listeners as the Math Guy on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon) and Gary Lorden (the principal math advisor to Numb3rs) explain real-life mathematical techniques used by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to catch and convict criminals. From forensics to counterterrorism, the Riemann hypothesis to image enhancement, solving murders to beating casinos, Devlin and Lorden present compelling cases that illustrate how advanced mathematics can be used in state-of-the-art criminal investigations.

Author : Andrew Jeffrey
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1786781913
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mastering Numbers written by Andrew Jeffrey and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect antidote to numbers-phobia, this clear, concise guide explains everything you need to know about arithmetic, fractions, statistics, probability, algebra and geometry. We all use numbers every day, yet many people are uncomfortable with them, finding them daunting and difficult. Others treat numbers as a practical tool they can handle quite well, while failing to appreciate their most amazing qualities. This book is the antidote to number-phobia. As with learning to swim, youʼll never look back: these are skills youʼll use for the rest of your life. If you think youʼre good with numbers already, youʼll soon discover what youʼve been missing: the endless fascination and beauty of numbers, and – at the more practical level – a whole range of techniques and shortcuts you never knew existed. Mastering Numbers brings the subject to life, replacing the atmosphere of the classroom with the wonder of the magicianʼs workshop. In learning to enjoy numbers, we discover a multitude of practical skills – everything from understanding statistics and the odds gamblers face to the interest rates on savings and ways to maximise your returns. Never again need you flounder in a business meeting or an encounter with your bank manager – and if the chance arises to chat to him more casually, you could impress with stories about pi, prime numbers, Fermatʼs theorem, and much else besides. Full of enjoyable exercises, puzzles, demonstrations and self-testing interludes, this is a book to instruct and give pleasure.

Author : Peter M. Higgins
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019150050X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematics for the Curious written by Peter M. Higgins and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1998-03-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When do the hands of a clock coincide? How likely is it that two children in the same class will share a birthday? Should you play Roulette or the Lottery? How do we calculate the volume of a doughnut? Why does the android Data in Star Trek lose at poker? What is Fibonacci's Rabbit Problem? Many things in the world have a mathematical side to them, as revealed by the puzzles and questions in this book. It is written for anyone who is curious about mathematics and would like a simple and entertaining account of what it can do. Peter Higgins provides clear explanations of the more mysterious features of childhood mathematics as well as novelties and connections to prove that mathematics can be enjoyable and full of surprises.

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1622755316
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematics written by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful guide to the history and basic concepts of mathematics reveals how math concepts helped to shape society--from the basic counting and units of measurement that facilitated commerce to the kind of surveying techniques and geometry that helped build the Egyptian pyramids. A chronological account of advancements in mathematics ranges Aristotle and al-Khwarizmi (who first used the term "algebra") to high-speed computers and their impact upon the teaching and understanding of mathematics. Readers will also find out how much of ancient arithmetic--like the 60 minute hour--is still part of our everyday life.

Author : Liz Strachan
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1472111109
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Numbers Are Forever written by Liz Strachan and published by Constable. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is only about numbers - that is, whole numbers and nothing but the whole numbers, which start from from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4... and go on forever. Here you can meet perfect numbers, happy numbers, lucky, untouchable, weird, narcissistic, evil and deficient numbers, not to mention nice Friedmans and multi-legged repunits, as well as primes and their cousins, the sexy primes. It is also full of fascinating facts and curios, prime number conjectures, the sieve of Eratosthenes, the Fibonacci series, and much more besides. This is an accessible, clearly explained approach which will appeal to recreational maths enthusiasts, puzzle solvers, and mathematicians of all ages.

Author : Maria Belodubrovskaya
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501713817
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not According to Plan written by Maria Belodubrovskaya and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Not According to Plan, Maria Belodubrovskaya reveals the limits on the power of even the most repressive totalitarian regimes to create and control propaganda. Belodubrovskaya's revisionist account of Soviet filmmaking between 1930 and 1953 highlights the extent to which the Soviet film industry remained stubbornly artisanal in its methods, especially in contrast to the more industrial approach of the Hollywood studio system. Not According to Plan shows that even though Josef Stalin recognized cinema as a "mighty instrument of mass agitation and propaganda" and strove to harness the Soviet film industry to serve the state, directors such as Eisenstein, Alexandrov, and Pudovkin had far more creative control than did party-appointed executives and censors.

Author : Ben Mezrich
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534441069
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charlie Numbers and the UFO Bash written by Ben Mezrich and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Charlie's classmate Anthem mysteriously disappears after bringing a supposed space rock to show-and-tell, the Whiz Kids trace his steps to his eerily empty house, where it becomes clear that Anthem and his father are involved in something much bigger than a lost rock.

Author : Leith Hathout
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1568814909
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crimes and Mathdemeanors written by Leith Hathout and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-04-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short detective stories for young adults who are interested in applying high school level mathematics and physics to solving mysteries. The main character is Ravi, a 14-year-old math genius who helps the local police solve cases. Each chapter is a detective story with a mathematical puzzle at its core that Ravi is able to solve. The

Author : Michael Blastland
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592404230
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Numbers Game written by Michael Blastland and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numbers saturate the news, politics, and life. The average person can use basic knowledge and common sense to put the never-ending onslaught of facts and figures in their proper place.