Pythagoras's theorem: c² . Günter M. Ziegler -- Mathematics of messages / Alan J. Aw -- Decathlon : the art of scoring points / John D. Barrow -- Queen Dido and the mathematics of the extreme / Greg Bason -- Can strings tie things together? / David Berman -- Dimples, grooves and knuckleballs / Ken Bray -- Pigs didn't fly but swine flu / Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Ken Eames -- Bill Tutte : Unsung Bletchley hero / Chris Budd -- What's the use of a quadratic equation? / Chris Budd, Chris Sangwin -- Tony Hilton Royle Skyrme / Alan Champneys -- Mathematics of obesity / Carson C. Chow -- It's a small world really / Tony Crilly -- How does mathematics help at a murder scene? / Graham Divall -- Mathematics : the language of the universe / Marcus Du Sautoy -- Troublesome geometry of CAT scanning / Richard Elwes -- Mathematics of sports gambling / Alistair Fitt -- Pythagoras's Theorem : a². A conversation with Freeman Dyson / Marianne Freiberger, Rachel Thomas -- Glass of bubbly / Paul Glendinning -- Influenza virus : it's all in the packaging / Julia Gog -- Solving the Bristol bridge problem / Thilo Gross -- All ravens are black : puzzles and paradoxes in probability and statistics / David Hand -- Tower of Hanoi : where mathematics meets psychology / Andreas M. Hinz, Marianne Freiberger -- Career : a sample path / Philip Holmes -- Sweets in the jar / Steve Humble -- Mary Cartwright / Lisa Jardine -- Fallibility of mathematics / Adam Jasko -- Anecdotes of Dr Barrow / Tom Körner -- Finding Apollo / Adam Kucharski -- Golden ratio in astronomy and astrophysics / Mario Livio -- High-power hypar / Peter Lynch -- This is not a carrot : Paraconsistent mathematics / Maarten McKubre-Jordens -- Mystery of Groombridge Place / Alexander Masters, Simon Norton -- Pythagoras's Theorem : b². Mathematicians at the movies : Sherlock Holmes vs Professor Moriarty / Derek E. Moulton, Alain Goriely -- Mysterious number 6174 / Yutaka Nishiyama -- Percolating possibilities / Colva Roney-Dougal, Vince Vatter -- Milestones on a non-Euclidean journey / Caroline Series -- Simpson's rule / Simon Singh -- Risking your life / David Spiegelhalter -- Networks and illusions / Ian Stewart -- Emmy Noether : against the odds / Danielle Stretch -- Of catastrophes and creodes / Paul Taylor -- Conic section hide and seek / Rachel Thomas -- Sir James Lighthill : a life in waves / Ahmer Wadee -- Fail safe or fail dangerous / Ahmer Wadee, Alan Champneys -- Leapfrogging into the future / Paul Williams -- Motorway mathematics / Eddie Wilson -- Philosophy of applied mathematics / Phil Wilson -- Mighty morphogenesis / Thomas Woolley -- Called to the barcode / Andrew Wrigley -- Roughly fifty-fifty? / Günter M. Ziegler -- Pythagoras's theorem: c² .
Summary:
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), this book is designed to showcase the beauty of mathematics - including images inspired by mathematical problems - together with its unreasonable effectiveness and applicability, without frying your brain.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.