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Covering a span of almost 4000 years, from the ancient Babylonians to the eighteenth century, this collection of essays chronicles the enormous changes in mathematical thinking over this time, as view

This book contains a collection of tales about mathematicians and the mathematical, derived from the author's experience. It shares with the reader the nature of the mathematical enterprise, and gives

The Golden Section has played a part since antiquity in many parts of geometry, architecture, music, art and philosophy. However, it also appears in the newer domains of technology and fractals. This

Martin Gardner is widely known for his writing on recreational mathematics and this book collects together 36 of his most cunning brainteasers, which serve to illustrate the art of the mathematician a

Through hard experience mathematicians have learned to subject even the most 'evident' assertions to rigorous scrutiny, as intuition can often be misleading. This book collects and analyses a mass of

Mathematics can be fun for everyone, and this book shows it. It grew out of the author's popularisation of mathematics via live, call-in TV shows and widely published articles. Everyone paging through

Biorhythyms, Bible-numerology pyramidology and a plethora of other number-based delusions are here described. Dudley's message is that numbers do indeed have power, but over minds not events. This is

This is a reissue of a classic originally published in 1970, with a new preface and some additional problems. Acton deals with a commonsense approach to numerical algorithms for the solution of equati

Each chapter in this Gardner collection explores a different theme; for example fractals, surreal numbers, the sculptures of Berrocal, tiling the plane and code breaking. Gardner's clarity of style an

Julia is the story of Julia Bowman Robinson, the gifted and highly original mathematician who during her lifetime was recognized in ways that no other woman mathematician had ever been recognized. Thi

A delightful collection of articles about people who claim they have achieved the mathematically impossible (squaring the circle, duplicating the cube); people who think they have done something they

Eric Temple Bell (1883–1960) was a distinguished mathematician and a best selling popularizer of mathematics. Under the name of John Taine, he also published science fiction novels. Constance Reid gi

This is the story of American mathematics during the past century. It contains articles and excerpts from a century of the American Mathematical Monthly, giving the reader an opportunity to skim all o

Polyominoes will delight not only students and teachers of mathematics at all levels, but will be appreciated by anyone who likes a good geometric challenge. There are no prerequisites. If you like ji

Mathematicians and laymen alike have always been fascinated by simple numbers. This book is an introduction to a mythical book which might go under the name The Book of the Integers, a mythical book t

The Words of Mathematics explains the origins of over 1500 mathematical terms used in English. While other dictionaries of mathematics define technical terms, this book concentrates on where those ter

Underwood Dudley is well known for his collection of books on mathematical cranks. Here he offers yet another - angle trisectors. It is impossible to trisect angles with straightedge and compass alone

Do you expect to find articles about mathematics in your daily newspaper? If you are a reader of The Guardian you do, or at least you did during the second half of the 1980s. This volume collects many

Leading practitioners of recreational mathematics from around the world gathered in Calgary in 1986 to share with each other the joy and spirit of play that is to be found in recreational mathematics.

Mostly German scholars of English literature explore how cultural appropriation is often part of the process of adapting a work of art from its original medium to another medium. Their topics include

Scholars of English and German literature explore links between narrative and human evolution in 20 essays from an international conference held during the spring of 2009 in Jena, Germany. Looking in

新疆自古稱謂幾經變更，在清朝末期被定名為「新疆」，取意「新闢的疆土」。今天，新疆以其多樣的民族形態和多元的文化魅力，被稱為「世界最後一塊文化高地」和「人類文明的基因庫」。 地貌上，新疆是匯聚「最高、最低，最冷、最熱，最荒涼極致又綠意溢透」之地；文化上，維吾爾、漢、塔吉克、哈薩克、蒙古、柯爾克孜……等多種族，交融出豐富眾多的文化類型。而帕米爾高原整個海拔垂直線的分布，直接影響了植被分布、生活方式、

Spectrum(R) Writing for grade 2 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write sentences, personal stories, fiction stories, descriptions, comparisons, how-to instructions, reports, opinions, and more. Spectrum(R) Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer’s Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. Spectrum, the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality educational materials that support your students’ learning achievement and success.

Spectrum(R) Writing for grade 3 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write paragraphs, personal narratives, fiction stories, descriptive comparisons, news reports, how-to instructions, persuasive letters, and more. Spectrum(R) Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer’s Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. Spectrum, the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality educational materials that support your students’ learning achievement and success.

Spectrum(R) Writing for grade 5 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write aragraphs, personal narratives, fiction stories, descriptive comparisons, visual aids, how-to ins

Spectrum(R) Writing for grade 6 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write paragraphs, personal narratives, fiction stories, descriptive comparisons, outlines, research reports, persuasive arguments, and more. Spectrum(R) Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer’s Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. Spectrum, the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality educational materials that support your students’ learning achievement and success.

How should one approach the task of theology?The question of methodology is increasingly one of interest among theologians, who recognize that the very manner in which we approach theology informs bot

This book is centred around the examination of whether it is possible to find cognitive aspects or purposes in aesthetic judgements and in perceptions of beauty, and whether it is possible to meaningf

The sequel to the critically acclaimed and ambitious literary space opera debut The Promise of the Child.It is the 147th century, the turning of the Amaranthine new year.In the provinces of the Old Wo

This book presents an overview of communicative language teaching and testing in Central and Eastern European countries. It focuses on the impact of the Common European Framework of Reference for Lang

The field of Christian ethics is the subject of frequent conversation as Christians seek to understand how to live faithfully within a pluralistic society. The range of ethical systems and moral philo

Evil abounds. And so do the attempts to understand God in the face of such evil.The problem of evil is a constant challenge to faith in God. How can we believe in a loving and powerful God given the e

It is the 147th century; the turning of the Amaranthine new year.In the provinces of the Old World, the giant Elatine's war of liberation has come to an impasse, leaving the wicked monarchy of the Fir

It is the 147th century.In the radically advanced post-human worlds of the Amaranthine Firmament, there is a contender to the Immortal throne: Aaron the Long-Life, the Pretender, a man who is not quit

Reading the book authored by Miroslava Ožvoldová and František Schauer, there are three main characteristics to remark: science, technology and pedagogy. First of all, the book is a scientific book be

One of the main goals of this collective work is to emphasize the multiparadigmatic character of contemporary political science, an inseparable component of which are subjects such as political philos