Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries - Hardcover

Ian Stewart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846683475 ISBN 13: 9781846683473

Publisher: Profile Books, 2014

Synopsis

Like its wildly popular predecessors 'Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities' and 'Hoard of Mathematical Treasures', this book is a miscellany of over 150 mathematical curios and conundrums, packed with trademark humour and numerous illustrations.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University. He has published more than eighty books including Mathematics of Life , Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities , Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures and The Science of Discworld trilogy with Terry Pratchett. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, appears frequently on radio and television, and does research on pattern formation and network dynamics.

Review:

Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of mathematics -- Alex Bellos * Guardian * Ian really is unsurpassed as raconteur of the world of numbers. He guides us on a mind-boggling journey from the ultra trivial to the profound. Thoroughly entertaining -- Jeremy Webb * New Scientist * As the professor darts randomly from "digital cubes" to "the hairy ball theorem" with boundless playful curiosity, even those with only a sluggish interest in maths will find something to amuse and amaze * Sunday Telegraph * Anyone with a slight geeky bent to them, whether they be adult or teenager, will find plenty to edify, tickle and tantalise them. It'd make a wonderful present ... I can't wait for the next volume. Highly recommended * Bookbag *

About this edition

• Publisher: Profile Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1846683475
• ISBN 13: 9781846683473
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 307