The Mathematical Coloring Book Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators
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- Engels
- Paperback
- 9781489996268
- 16 november 2014
- 607 pagina's
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I have never encountered a book of this kind. The best description of it I can give is that it is a mystery novel… I found it hard to stop reading before I finished (in two days) the whole text. Soifer engages the reader's attention not only mathematically, but emotionally and esthetically. May you enjoy the book as much as I did!
–Branko Grünbaum
University of Washington
You are doing great service to the community by taking care of the past, so the things are better understood in the future.
–Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Rochester Institute of Technology
They [Van der Waerden’s sections] meet the highest standards of historical scholarship.
–Charles C. Gillispie, Princeton University
You have dug up a great deal of information – my compliments!
–Dirk van Dalen, Utrecht University
I have just finished reading your (second) article "in search of van der Waerden". It is a masterpiece, I could not stop reading it... Congratulations!
–Janos Pach, Courant Institute of Mathematics
"Mathematical Coloring Book" will (we can hope) have a great and salutary influence on all writing on mathematics in the future.“
–Peter D. Johnson Jr., Auburn University
Just now a postman came to the door with a copy of the masterpiece of the century. I thank you and the mathematics community should thank you for years to come. You have set a standard for writing about mathematics and mathematicians that will be hard to match.
–Harold W. Kuhn, Princeton University
The beautiful and unique Mathematical coloring book of Alexander Soifer is another case of ``good mathematics''… and presenting mathematics as both a science and an art… It is difficult to explain how much beautiful and good mathematics is included and how much wisdom about life is given.
–Peter Mihók, Mathematical Reviews
This is a unique type of book; at least, I have never encountered a book of this kind. The best description of it I can give is that it is a mystery novel, developing on three levels, and imbued with both educational and philosophical/moral issues. If this summary description does not help understanding the particular character and allure of the book, possibly a more detailed explanation will be found useful. One of the primary goals of the author is to interest readers—in particular, young mathematiciansorpossiblypre-mathematicians—inthefascinatingworldofelegant and easily understandable problems, for which no particular mathematical kno- edge is necessary, but which are very far from being easily solved. In fact, the prototype of such problems is the following: If each point of the plane is to be given a color, how many colors do we need if every two points at unit distance are to receive distinct colors? More than half a century ago it was established that the least number of colorsneeded for such a coloring is either 4, or 5, or 6 or 7. Well, which is it? Despite efforts by a legion of very bright people—many of whom developed whole branches of mathematics and solved problems that seemed much harder—not a single advance towards the answer has been made. This mystery, and scores of other similarly simple questions, form one level of mysteries explored. In doing this, the author presents a whole lot of attractive results in an engaging way, and with increasing level of depth.
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- Paperback
- Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
- 16 november 2014
- Aantal pagina's
- 607
- Illustraties
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- Hoofdauteur
- Alexander Soifer
- Tweede Auteur
- Alexander Soifer
- Hoofduitgeverij
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
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- 2009 ed.
- Extra groot lettertype
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- 155 mm
- Product lengte
- 235 mm
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- 155 mm
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- 235 mm
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- 235 mm
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- 967 g
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- 9781489996268
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