30-second maths : the 50 most mind-expanding theories in mathematics, each explained in half a minute /: the 50 most mind-expanding theories in mathematics, each explained in half a minute. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Thirty-second maths
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Richard J. Brown ; contributors: Richard Brown, Richard Elwes, Robert Fathauer, John Haigh, David Perry, Jamie Pommersheim.
• Other Names: Brown, Richard J
• Contents: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Numbers & Counting; GLOSSARY; Fractions & Decimals; Rational & Irrational Numbers; Imaginary Numbers; Counting Bases; Prime Numbers; Fibonacci Numbers; Pascal's Triangle; profile: Blaise Pascal; Number Theory; Making Numbers Work; GLOSSARY; Zero; Infinity; Addition & Subtraction; Multiplication & Division; Exponentials & Logarithms; Functions; profile: Gottfried Leibniz; Calculus; Chance is a Fine Thing; GLOSSARY; Game Theory; Calculating the Odds; profile: Girolamo Cardano; The Law of Large Numbers. The Gambler's Fallacy -- Law of AveragesThe Gambler's Fallacy -- Doubling Up; Randomness; Bayes' Theorem; Algebra & Abstraction; GLOSSARY; The Variable Placeholder; The Equation; Polynomial Equations; profile: Abu 'Abdallah Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi; Algorithms; Sets & Groups; Rings & Fields; Geometry & Shapes; GLOSSARY; Euclid's Elements; Pi -- The Circle Constant; The Golden Ratio; profile: Pythagoras; Trigonometry; Squaring the Circle; Parallel Lines; Graphs; Another Dimension; GLOSSARY; Platonic Solids; Topology; Euler Bricks; The Möbius Strip; profile: Archimedes of Syracuse; Fractals. Origami GeometryRubik's Cube; Knot Theory; Proofs & Theorems; GLOSSARY; Fermat's Last Theorem; profile: Pierre de Fermat; The Four Colour Mapping Problem; Hilbert's Program; Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem; Poincaré's Conjecture; The Continuum Hypothesis; Riemann's Hypothesis; APPENDICES; Resources; Notes on Contributors; Index; Acknowledgements.
• Publisher Details: London : Icon Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 510; Mathematics -- Popular works; MATHEMATICS -- Essays; MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus; MATHEMATICS -- Reference; Mathematics; Electronic books; Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848313866; 1848313861
• Related ISBNs: 1848313691; 9781848313699
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.