This journey across the spectrum of human activities takes a creative look at the role mathematics has played since prehistoric times. From its many uses in medicine and its appearance in artwork to its patterns in nature and its central role in the development of computers, mathematics is presented in a fun-to-read, nonthreatening manner.
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Dear Amazon Staff.A recent review for this book was obviously written by someone who is unfamiliar with geometry and trigonometry. The pythagorian theoren states that the relationship between the two sides and the hypotenuse of a right triangle is A^2 = B^2 + C^2 since sin and cosine are defined to be the two sides of a right triangle whose hypotenuse is 1, the theorem which you reviewer claims to be false is in fact true. It is always the case that 1 = sin^2 w + cos^2 w regardless of the value of w. I am writing to you because the majority of people rating your more recent customer review of this book are rating his review as being useful. This is really unfortunate. I am considering using this book for a course. I will write a Barbara Nostrand, Ph.D. (Mathematics - Northeastern University)
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What role has math played since prehistoric times? This considers math's many uses in medicine and art, its role in the development of computers and information systems, and its systematic importance to daily living. From the math involved in weather forecasting to math in art, this is packed with important details presented in a lively manner.
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Theoni Pappas has enabled me to give a genuinely fun and interesting introduction to mathematics to my family and friends. I've enjoyed the writings of this talented author and mathemetician for 20 years. She gives mathematics a fun side! It's great to read her books, then for the rest of your life to see math in the real world, most everywhere you look. Theoni's writings and stories are a gift!
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Holding a dim light up to etched marks on the walls of caves in La Pileta, Spain, one is struck by the realization that some of these prehistoric markings are not petroglyph art or figures. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mathematical footprints, sinus curves, mathematical look, longitude problem, grande arche, fivefold symmetry, fuzzy numbers, triangle total, check digit, golden ratio, golden rectangles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, San Francisco, Tony Robbin, Arata Isozaki, Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Calder, John Flamsteed, Project Delphis, Salvador Dali, Albert Einstein, Courtesy of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, David Heald, Fruit Basket, Johann Kepler New!
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Holding a dim light up to etched marks on the walls of caves in La Pileta, Spain, one is struck by the realization that some of these prehistoric markings are not petroglyph art or figures. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mathematical footprints, sinus curves, mathematical look, longitude problem, grande arche, fivefold symmetry, fuzzy numbers, triangle total, check digit, golden ratio, golden rectangles Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, San Francisco, Tony Robbin, Arata Isozaki, Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Calder, John Flamsteed, Project Delphis, Salvador Dali, Albert Einstein, Courtesy of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, David Heald, Fruit Basket, Johann Kepler 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)
- Dali (Great Painters) by Victoria Charles PhD. on page 10, and page 21
- History of Mathematics, Vol. I (Dover Books on Mathematics) by David E. Smith in Back Matter
- Fernand Leger by Fernand Leger on page 25
- Geometry and the Visual Arts by Dan Pedoe in Back Matter
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