The Colossal Book of Mathematics

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Math's infinite mysteries and beauty unfold in this follow-up to the best-selling The Science Book. Beginning millions of years ago with ancient "ant odometers" and moving through time to our modern-day quest for new dimensions, it covers 250 milestones in mathematical history. Among the numerous delights readers will learn about as they dip into this inviting anthology: cicada-generated prime numbers, magic squares from centuries ago, the discovery of pi and calculus, and the butterfly effect. Each topic gets a lavishly illustrated spread with stunning color art, along with formulas and concepts, fascinating facts about scientists' lives, and real-world applications of the theorems.Planar Map is Four Colorable: Part I. Discharging," Illinois Journal of Mathematic s, 21: 429-490 (1977). Tractatus de Summatione et Interpolatione Serium Infinitarum ( London, 1730). English translation by Francis Bailey, Mathematics by Experiment: Plausible Reasoning in the 21st Century ( Wellesley , Massachusetts : AK Peters, 2003). December, 2004, The Mathematical Association of America; see http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_12_04.html.

Koch, "Every Planar Map is Four Colorable: Part II. Reducibility," Illinois Journal of Mathematics , 21: 491-567 (1977). is not an invention of the human mind: it was a discovery. Like Mount Everest, the Mandelbrot set is just there." Krizek, Michal, Florian Luca, and Lawrence Somer, 17 Lectures on Fermat Numbers ( New York: Springer,

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Its 250 short entries provide a veritable history of mathematics by focusing on its greatest theorems and the geniuses who discovered them. Silencing the Jews," Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, 32: 15-25, 33-62 (1964). A marvelous popular trot through some 250 great mathematical conundrums.... with wonderfully exotic names Generated Physics," in Twentieth Century Physics, edited by Laurie M. Brown, Abraham Pais, and Brian Pippard (New York: American Institute of Physics Press,