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You are a Mathematician

Paperback • 1995 • English

You are a Mathematician

By David G. Wells, David Wells

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About the book

Anyone familiar with numbers, circles, straight lines and squares can become a mathematician. ‘All you have to do,’ claims David Wells, ‘is to learn to look at these objects with some insight and imagination, maybe do a few experiments, and be able to draw reasonable conclusions…’This entertaining and informative introduction to mathematics begins with the secrets of triangles and the dazzling patterns formed by even the simplest numbers. It examines polyhedral cheeses, reverse Koch snowflakes a...Show more

Number theory
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Book details

ISBN

9780140174809

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

1995

Language

English

Original title

You are a Mathematician

Format

Paperback

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