This book is a series of self-contained workshops in mathematics which aim to enthuse and inspire young people, their parents and teachers with the joy and excitement of modern mathematics. Written in an informal style, each chapter describes how novel mathematical ideas relate directly to real life. The chapters contain both a description of the mathematics and its applications together with problem sheets, their solutions and ideas for further work, project and field trips. Topics include: mazes, folk dancing, sundials, magic, castles, codes, number systems, and slide rules. This book will be accessible to young people from age thirteen upwards and yet contains material which should stretch the brightest students.
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"In the authors' own words, 'The aim of this book is to convey some of the fun, excitement and understanding of mathematics that is part of the masterclass experience.' The authors have succeeded admirably in their aim. . . . We have chapters on (amazing!) mazes; sundials; an introduction to group theory via dancing, bell-ringing, and knitting; some 'tricks' with which to impress your friends; codes and ciphers, including RSA codes; number systems; and a foray into indices and logarithms, complete with some 'cut out and keep' slide rules! . . . My advice is: get this book, read it, enjoy it, and then hit the trail to sell mathematics to young high school students." -- SIAM
"[D]eserve[s] a wide circulation. ... an authentic perspective of our discipline ... [and] the potential of mathematics to reach across differences of time and culture to reveal a shared core of human experience."--Notices of the American Mathematical Society
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Christopher Budd is at Royal Institution. Christopher Sangwin is at University of Birmingham.
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Unlike most other mathematical problems, the study of mazes and labyrinths takes us into the dark territory of murder, suicide, adultery, passion, intrigue, religion, and conquest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
analemmatic sundial, negative number bases, horizontal sundial, random taps, equatorial dial, equatorial sundial, vertical sundial, magical mathematics, digital root, isoperimetric theorem, odd nodes, horizontal dial, mystery card, been enciphered, noon line, enciphered message, counting board, transposition cipher, modular arithmetic, most common letter, mathematical notes, clock group, multiplication modulo, same perimeter, substitution ciphers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Kingdom, Deal Castle, Hampton Court, Maiden Castle, John Napier, English Heritage, Exercises First, Answers First, Alan Turing, Windmill Hill, Megalithic Yard, Harlech Castle, Mappa Mundi, Michael Sifel, References There, Scientific Computing, Tilbury Fort, William Oughtred New!
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Unlike most other mathematical problems, the study of mazes and labyrinths takes us into the dark territory of murder, suicide, adultery, passion, intrigue, religion, and conquest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
analemmatic sundial, negative number bases, horizontal sundial, random taps, equatorial dial, equatorial sundial, vertical sundial, magical mathematics, digital root, isoperimetric theorem, odd nodes, horizontal dial, mystery card, been enciphered, noon line, enciphered message, counting board, transposition cipher, modular arithmetic, most common letter, mathematical notes, clock group, multiplication modulo, same perimeter, substitution ciphers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Kingdom, Deal Castle, Hampton Court, Maiden Castle, John Napier, English Heritage, Exercises First, Answers First, Alan Turing, Windmill Hill, Megalithic Yard, Harlech Castle, Mappa Mundi, Michael Sifel, References There, Scientific Computing, Tilbury Fort, William Oughtred New!
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- Mathematical Recreations and Essays (Dover Recreational Math) by W. W. Rouse Ball on 5 pages
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