Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters: in short, these stori...(展开全部)

Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters: in short, these stori...(展开全部)

肯·宾默尔是一个从数学转行的经济学家，他把一生贡献给了博弈论及其在经济学、进化生物学、心理学和道德哲学中的应用。他因为参与设计为英国纳税人赚了350亿美元的电信拍卖而闻名于世，但其主要研究贡献在于议价理论及其实验检验。他是英国科学院和美国艺术与科学研究院的院士。他著有12本著作和大约90篇研究论文。他是伦敦大学学院的经济学名誉教授。

肯·宾默尔是一个从数学转行的经济学家，他把一生贡献给了博弈论及其在经济学、进化生物学、心理学和道德哲学中的应用。他因为参与设计为英国纳税人赚了350亿美元的电信拍卖而闻名于世，但其主要研究贡献在于议价理论及其实验检验。他是英国科学院和美国艺术与科学研究院的院士。他著有12本著作和大约90篇研究论文。他是伦敦大学学院的经济学名誉教授。

Forget everything you've been taught about math. In Burn Math Class, Jason Wilkes takes the traditional approach to how we learn math -- with its unwelcoming textbooks, unexplained rules, and authoritarian assertions-and sets it on fire. Focusing on how mathematics is created rather than on mathematical facts, Wilkes teaches the subject in a way that requires no memorization an...(展开全部)

This text provides a historical, scientific, and cultural framework for the basic elements of mathematics characteristic of a typical college curriculum. Designed for students with a solid background in high school mathematics, it features nine chapters that range from number theory to applications. 1983 edition.