The best writing on mathematics
Book - 2010
An anthology of the year's finest writing on mathematics from around the world, featuring promising new voices as well as some of the foremost names in mathematics.
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- Genres
- Mathematics Popular works
Periodicals - Published
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press
2010-
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- Editor: Mircea Pitici, 2010-
- Physical Description
- volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publication Frequency
- Annual
- ISBN
- 9780691225708
9780691182766
9780691178639 - ISSN
- 21680205
- Color insert follows page 240
- Introduction
- Lockdown Mathematics: A Historical Perspective
- Cryptocurrencies: Protocols for Consensus
- Logical Accidents and the Problem of the Inside Corner
- Cosmatesque Design and Complex Analysis
- Nullstellenfont
- Hyperbolic Flowers
- Embodied Geometry in Early Modern Theatre
- Modeling Dynamical Systems for 3D Printing
- Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology
- Bouncing Balls and Quantum Computing
- Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades through Physics and Math
- Dark Data
- Analysis in an Imperfect World
- A Headache-Causing Problem
- A Zeroth Power Is Often a Logarithm Yearning to Be Free
- The Bicycle Paradox
- Tricolor Pyramids
- Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come from a Century-Old Approach to Math
- The Role of History in the Study of Mathematics
- "All of These Political Questions": Anticommunism, Racism, and the Origin of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society
- Reasoning as a Mathematical Habit of Mind
- Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics-How Are We Doing?
- Tips for Undergraduate Research Supervisors
- "The Infinite Is the Chasm in Which Our Thoughts Are Lost": Refections on Sophie Germain's Essays
- Who Owns the Theorem?
- A Close Call: How a Near Failure Propelled Me to Succeed
- Contributors
- Notable Writings
- Acknowledgments
- Credits