Beautiful, simple, exact, crazy : mathematics in the real world /
In this vibrant work, which is ideal for both teaching and learning, Apoorva Khare and Anna Lachowska explain the mathematics essential for understanding and appreciating our quantitative world. They show with examples that mathematics is a key tool in the creation and appreciation of art, music, an...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2015]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Algebra: The art and craft of computation; 2 Velocity: On the road; 3 Acceleration: After the apple falls; 4 Irrational: The golden mean and other roots; 5 Exponents: How much would you pay for the island of Manhattan?; 6 Logarithms I: Money grows on trees, but it takes time; 7 Logarithms II: Rescaling the world; 8 e: The queen of growth and decay; 9 Finite series: Summing up your mortgage, geometrically; 10 In nite series: Fractals and the myth of forever; 11 Estimation: What is your rst guess?
- 12 Modular arithmetic I:Around the clock and the calendar13 Modular arithmetic II: How to keep (and break) secrets; 14 Probability: Dice, coins, cards, and winning streaks; 15 Permutations and combinations: Counting your choices; 16 Bayes' law: How to win a car ... or a goat; 17 Statistics: Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds; 18 Regression: Chasing connections in big data; The bigger story; Solutions to odd-numbered exercises; Practice exams; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Z.
