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Mathematical Journeys (Wiley-Interscience Publication) by Peter D. Schumer is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mathematical Journeys (Wiley-Interscience Publication) about?
A colorful tour through the intriguing world of mathematics Take a grand tour of the best of modern math, its most elegant solutions, most clever discoveries, most mind-bending propositions, and most impressive personalities. Writing with a light touch while showing the real mathematics, author Peter Schumer introduces you to the history of mathematics, number theory, combinatorics, geometry, graph theory, and "recreational mathematics." Requiring only high school math and a healthy curiosity, Mathematical Journeys helps you explore all those aspects of math that mathematicians themselves find most delightful. Youll discover brilliant, sometimes quirky and humorous tidbits like how to compute the digits of pi, the Josephus problem, mathematical amusements such as Nim and Wythoffs game, pizza slicing, and clever twists on rolling dice.
Who reads Mathematical Journeys (Wiley-Interscience Publication)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter D. Schumer
- Publisher
- Hoboken, N.j. : Wiley-interscience, C2004.
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780471650980
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Stem
- Rating
- 3.78 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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