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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The plums are large, juicy and sweet,
By Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: Mathematical Plums (Hardcover)
The plums in this collection are juicy, large and sweet. Honsberger has put together a set of mathematical delights written by some of the best expository writers of mathematics. There are ten different chapters and the titles and authors are as follows:
*) "Chromatic Graphs", by H. L. Dorwat and D. T. Finkbeiner *) "How to Get (at least) a Fair Share of the Cake", by K. R. Rebman *) Some Remarkable Sequences of Integers", by R. P. Boas *) "Existence Out Of Chaos", by S. K. Stein *) "Some Surprises in Probability", by Ross Honsberger *) "Anomalous Calculation", by R. P. Boas *) "A Distorted View of Geometry", by G. D. Chakerian *) "Convergence, Divergence and the Computer", by R. P. Boas *) "Kepler's Conics", by Ross Honsberger *) "The Skewes Number", by R. P. Boas Written at a level that can be understood by the mathematically sophisticated high school student, these essays could also serve as fodder for college courses in mathematical history. If you are teaching a math class where you require your students to write a paper, then this is a good recommendation for quality, understandable source material. |
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Mathematical Plums (The Dolciani mathematical expositions) by I. G. Bashmakova (Hardcover - June 1979)
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