To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite (Övrig)
avEli Maor
ISBN: 9780691025117 - UTGIVEN: 1991-07-09In this title, Eli Maor examines the role of infinity in mathematics and geometry and its cultural impact on the arts and sciences. He evokes the profound intellectual impact the infinite has exercised on the human mind - from the 'horror infiniti' of the Greeks to the works of M.C. Escher; from the[...]
Venus in Transit (Häftad)
avEli Maor
ISBN: 9780691115894 - UTGIVEN: 200401In 2004, Venus crossed the sun's face for the first time since 1882. Some did not bother to step outside. Others planned for years, reserving tickets to see the transit in its entirety. But even this group of astronomers and experience seekers were attracted not by scientific purpose but by the even[...]
"E": The Story of a Number (Häftad)
avEli Maor
ISBN: 9780691141343 - UTGIVEN: 200901The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that l[...]
The Pythagorean Theorem (Häftad)
avEli Maor
ISBN: 9780691148236 - UTGIVEN: 201007By any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous statement in all of mathematics. In this book, Eli Maor reveals the full story of this ubiquitous geometric theorem. Maor shows that the theorem, although attributed to Pythagoras, was known to the Babylonians more than a thousand years earl[...]
Trigonometric Delights (Häftad)
avEli Maor
ISBN: 9780691158204 - UTGIVEN: 201303Trigonometry has always been an underappreciated branch of mathematics. It has a reputation as a dry and difficult subject, a glorified form of geometry complicated by tedious computation. In this book, Eli Maor draws on his remarkable talents as a guide to the world of numbers to dispel that view. [...]
