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How Round Is a Cube?: And Other Curious Mathematical Ponderings (MSRI Mathematical Circles Library) by James Tanton, Calif.) Staff Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is How Round Is a Cube?: And Other Curious Mathematical Ponderings (MSRI Mathematical Circles Library) about?

This book is a collection of 34 curiosities, each a quirky and delightful gem of mathematics and each a shining example of the joy and surprise that mathematics can bring. Intended for the general math enthusiast, each essay begins with an intriguing puzzle, which either springboards into or unravels to become a wondrous piece of thinking. The essays are self-contained and rely only on tools from high-school mathematics (with only a few pieces that ever-so-briefly brush up against high-school calculus). The gist of each essay is easy to pick up with a cursory glance the reader should feel free to simply skim through some essays and dive deep into others. This book is an invitation to play with mathematics and to explore its wonders. Much joy awaits! In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics professionals.

Who reads How Round Is a Cube?: And Other Curious Mathematical Ponderings (MSRI Mathematical Circles Library)?

Author

James Tanton, Calif.) Staff Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley

Publisher

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute American Mathematical Society

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781470451158

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Mathematics, Reference, Science