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Title:

Is mathematics inevitable? : a miscellany / edited by Underwood Dudley.

Publisher:

Mathematical Association of America,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

x, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mathematics--Miscellanea.
Mathematics--Humor.

Other Authors:

Klosinski, Leonard F.
Dudley, Underwood.
Alexanderson, Gerald L. On the value of mathematics (books)
Altshiller-Court, Nathan, b. 1881. Mathematics in fun and in earnest.
Aubry, John. Brief lives.
Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576. De propria vita. English.
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Tangled tale.
Cohen, Patricia Cline. Calculating people.
Dieudonné, Jean, 1906-1992. Mathematics and mathematicians.
Gallian, Joseph A. Assigning driver's license numbers.
Gillings, Richard J. So-called Euler-Diderot incident.
Guy, Richard K. Strong law of small numbers.
Guy, Richard K. There are three times as many obtuse-angled triangles as there are acute-angled ones.
Hallerberg, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward), 1918-1978. Indiana's squared circle.
Halmos, Paul R. (Paul Richard), 1916-2006. I want to be a mathematician.
Hemenway, David. Why your classes are larger than "average".
Kline, Morris, 1908- Mathematics and the physical world.
Linderholm, Carl E. Mathematics made difficult.
McCabe, Robert L. Theodorus' irrationality proofs.
Rothstein, Edward, 1952- Emblems of mind.
Sholander, Marlow. On the set of legs of a horse.
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944. On the origin of certain typical problems.
Smith, James, 1805-1872. Quadrature of the circle.
Smith, Steven Bradley. Great mental calculators.
Synge, J. L. (John Lighton), 1897- George Boole and the calculus of finite differences.
Trudeau, Richard J. Problem with postulate 5.
Ying, Wong Ngai. Why is a restaurant's business worse in the owner's eyes than in the customers'?

Other Titles:

Quadratic equations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Dieudonné on mathematics : mathematics and mathematicians / Jean Dieudonné -- Why is mathematics? : Mathematics and the physical world / Morris Kline -- Is mathematics inevitable? : Mathematics in fun and in earnest / Nathan Altshiller Court -- A defense of quadratic equations : quadratic equations -- Obtuse triangles : there are three times as many obtuse-angled triangles as there are acute-angled ones / Richard K. Guy -- Why your classes are larger than "average" / David Hemenway -- Why is a restaurant's business worse in the owner's eyes than in the customers'? / Wong Ngai Ying -- Applied mathematics : assigning driver's license numbers / Jospeh A. Gallian -- The law of small numbers : the strong law of small numbers / Richard K. Guy -- The parallel postulate : the problem with Postulate 5 / Richard J. Trudeau -- Arithmetic in the United States : a calculating people / Patricia Cline Cohen -- The Moore Method: I want to be a mathematician / Paul Halmos -- Early calculus -- Problems : on the origin of certain typical problems / David Eugene Smith -- A tangled tale / Lewis Carroll -- A brief life : brief lives / John Aubry -- Cardano : the book of my life / Jerome Cardan -- Boole and finite differences : George Boole and the calculus of finite differences / J.L. Synge -- Calculating prodigies : the great mental calculators / Steven B. Smith -- James Smith, circle-squarer : the quadrature of the circle / James Smith -- Legislating [pi] : Indiana's squared circle / Arthur E. Hallerberg -- Mathematics and music : emblems of mind / Edward Rothstein -- Mathematics books : on the value of mathematics (books) / G.L. Alexanderson and L.F. Klosinski -- Irrational square roots : Theodorus' irrationality proofs / Robert L. McCabe -- The Euler-Diderot anecdote : the so-called Euler-Diderot incident / R.J. Gillings -- Mathematics made difficult / Carl E. Linderholm -- Mathematical humor : on the set of legs of a horse / Marlow Sholander.

Series:

Spectrum series

ISBN:

0883855666
9780883855669

LCCN:

2007940798

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)