Colin C. Adams
Autore di The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots
Sull'Autore
Opere di Colin C. Adams
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Adams, Colin Conrad
- Data di nascita
- 1956-10-13
- Sesso
- male
- Istruzione
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Attività lavorative
- mathematician
- Organizzazioni
- Williams College
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 10
- Utenti
- 563
- Popolarità
- #44,421
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 26
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 1
You don’t actually need a calculus background for this book. Basic algebra and an interest in math applications is enough to follow the clear and straitforward explanations, and to enjoy the zombie-focused challenges. This is a modernized version of Zeno’s Paradoxes, little brainteasers imagining math concepts in daily life. The Greeks imagined speedy Achilles trying to overtake a hypothetical tortoise, but we prefer to imagine a bicyclist chased by zombies in a perfect circle.
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