Good Math
Subtitle: A Geek’s Guide to the Beauty of Numbers, Logic, and Computation
Publisher: The Pragmatic Bookshelf
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781937785338
Copyright date: 2013
Description: Mathematics is beautiful--and it can be fun and exciting as well as practical. Good Math is your guide to some of the most intriguing topics from two thousand years of mathematics: from Egyptian fractions to Turing machines; from the real meaning of numbers to proof trees, group symmetry, and mechanical computation. If you've ever wondered what lay beyond the proofs you struggled to complete in high school geometry, or what limits the capabilities of computer on your desk, this is the book for you.