Looking for math in all the wrong places : math in real life
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Looking for math in all the wrong places : math in real life
（Spectrum, v. 104）
MAA Press, c2022
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内容説明・目次
内容説明
The soul of mathematics is the practice of skeptical inquiry: asking how and why things work, experimenting, exploring, and discovering. Estimation, analysis, computation, conjecture, and proof are the mathematical path to uncovering truth and we can use them in nearly every human pursuit. In this thoroughly charming and beguiling book, Shai Simonson applies mathematical tools in a variety of contexts that arise in everyday life to prove his claim that math is, literally, everywhere. Simonson applies his mathematical cast of mind to hiking, birthday parties, carnival games, lock picking, and kite flying. We see unexpected depths and connections when we look in the ""wrong"" places in the right way.
No advanced mathematical knowledge is required to travel with Simonson and share in his investigations. All a reader needs is an open and curious mind, an eagerness to ask questions, and a willingness to think deeply and carefully about seemingly mundane things. There is wonder and joy in quotidian life with Simonson as your guide.
目次
Introduction
Summer carnivals
Games
Holidays
Magic
Locks
Limits
Wine and averages
Music
Parabolas, caternaries, and kites
A day in the woods
Viral puzzles
Happy birthday
COVID-19
Estimations
High-tech interviews
Sports
Java program for simplex locks
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