Whether one is adjusting the settings of a camera, doing financial planning, or just talking about the weather, everyone is involved in mathematics every day. Theoni Pappas explores some of the many areas in which one least expects to find "math stuff." Readers learn how computers get stressed out, how epaper works, and how codes and numbers affect the body.
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I haven't finished Math Stuff - I couldn't. It's full of errors both grammatical and factual. What finally stopped me was the chapter, "mathematical private eyes", page 27. In its three pages the word isotropic appears ten times. The correct word is isotopic. One sentence reads, "The isotropic ratios for coca leaves are determined by comparing the ratio of its carbon and nitrogen atom." Not "atoms"! And comparing the ratio to what?! This sort of sloppiness occurs throughout the book. The topics are interesting, but the treatment is terrible, and not fit for educational material. If you don't buy this book, you will save Theoni Pappas some embarrassment!
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Holy... freaking... crap...,
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This one time, I shot myself in the brain. Twice. It made me quite a bit stupider than I used to be, but it was NOTHING compared to reading this book. Do not ever buy "Math Stuff". If you have to read it for school, drop out. Seriously. I read the first 40ish pages, and at some times it seemed like the author had drooled on her keyoard without realizing it and the resultant short circuits inserted a bunch of random letters. After spell check fixed them into English words, a publisher took pity on the poor retarded woman and printed up a few copies, one of which had the misfortune to drop into my math teacher's hands. I am currently writing a report on this repulsive turd of a book, and I want to find a small defenseless furry animal to kick in the ribs.
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Akio Hizume, Fields Medal, Long Now Foundation, Greg Lynn, University of California, John Nash, New York, Star Trek, Tom Stoppard, United States, World Wide Web, Andy Goldsworthy, Energy Human Genome Program, Lapin Agile, Marcel Duchamp, Rice University, San Francisco, Science News, Beautiful Mind, Fermat's Last Theorem, Frank Gehry, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Mark Tilden, Mitchell Feigenbaum New!
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The mathematical story of genetics began in the late 1850s when some of the mysteries of heredity first came to light in the garden of monastery in Moravia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Akio Hizume, Fields Medal, Long Now Foundation, Greg Lynn, University of California, John Nash, New York, Star Trek, Tom Stoppard, United States, World Wide Web, Andy Goldsworthy, Energy Human Genome Program, Lapin Agile, Marcel Duchamp, Rice University, San Francisco, Science News, Beautiful Mind, Fermat's Last Theorem, Frank Gehry, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Mark Tilden, Mitchell Feigenbaum New!
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- The Joy of Mathematics: Discovering Mathematics All Around You by Theoni Pappas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Chaos and Fractals: A Computer Graphical Journey (International Congress) by C.A. Pickover in Back Matter
- The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art by Linda Dalrymple Henderson on page 130
- Leonardo the Inventor by Ludwig H. Heydenreich in Back Matter
- Patterns in Nature by Peter S. Stevens in Back Matter
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- The Mathematics Calendar 2005: The Landscape and Random Numbers Plus Eleven More Topics by Theoni Pappas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fractals, Googols, and Other Mathematical Tales by Theoni Pappas on page 51, and Back Matter
- Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices by Theoni Pappas in Back Matter
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