Q. E. D - 9780802714312
Un libro in lingua di Burkard Polster Polster Burkard (ILT) edito da Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2004
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Q.E.D. presents some of the most famous mathematical proofs in a charming book that will appeal to nonmathematicians and math experts alike. Grasp in an instant why Pythagoras’s theorem must be correct. Follow the ancient Chinese proof of the volume formula for the frustrating frustum, and Archimedes’ method for finding the volume of a sphere. Discover the secrets of pi and why, contrary to popular belief, squaring the circle really is possible. Study the subtle art of mathematical domino tumbling, and find out how slicing cones helped save a city and put a man on the moon.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Q. E. D
- Sottotitolo: Beauty in Mathematical Proof
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Burkard Polster Polster Burkard (ILT)
- Editore: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
- Collana: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Aprile '04
- Genere: MATHEMATICS
- Argomenti : Proof theory Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
- Pagine: 64
- Dimensioni mm: 203 x 152 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0802714315
- EAN-13: 9780802714312