The Magic of Maths
The Magic of Maths is the maths book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examplesafrom ice cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squaresathis book empowers you to see the beauty, simplicity, and truly magical properties behind those formulas and equations that once left your head spinning. Youall learn the key ideas of classic areas of mathematics like arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus, but youall also have fun fooling around with Fibonacci numbers, investigating infinity, and marveling over mathematical magic tricks that will make you look like a maths genius! A mathematician who is known throughout the world as the amathemagician, a Arthur Benjamin mixes mathematics and magic to make the subject fun, attractive, and easy to understand. In The Magic of Maths, Benjamin does more than just teach skills: with a tip of his magic hat, he takes you on as his apprentice to teach you how to appreciate maths the way he does. He motivates you to learn something new about how to solve for x, because there is real pleasure to be found in the solution to a challenging problem or in using numbers to do something useful. But what he really wants you to do is be able to figure out why, for thatas where youall find the real beauty, power, and magic of maths. If you are already someone who likes maths, this book will dazzle and amuse you. If you never particularly liked or understood maths, Benjamin will enlighten you andawith a wave of his magic wandaturn you into a maths lover.Many people like to celebrate the number I on Pi Day, March 14 (with numeric representation 3/14), which also happens to be the birthdate ... Behold the first 100 digits of I: I = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375anbsp;...
| Title | : | The Magic of Maths |
| Author | : | Arthur Benjamin |
| Publisher | : | Basic Books - 2015-09-08 |
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