Parker, Matt (Mathematician),
Things to make and do in the fourth dimension / Matt Parker. - 2015. - 465 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Includes index.
The complete guide to exploring the fascinating world of maths you were never told about at school. Stand-up comedian and mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. Starting with simple numbers and algebra, this book goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. And always with something for you to make or do along the way.
9780141975863 0141975865
GBB556922 bnb
Mathematics--Popular works.
Mathematical recreations.
Mathematical recreations.
Mathematics.
Popular works.
510.207 PAR
Things to make and do in the fourth dimension / Matt Parker. - 2015. - 465 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Includes index.
The complete guide to exploring the fascinating world of maths you were never told about at school. Stand-up comedian and mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. Starting with simple numbers and algebra, this book goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. And always with something for you to make or do along the way.
9780141975863 0141975865
GBB556922 bnb
Mathematics--Popular works.
Mathematical recreations.
Mathematical recreations.
Mathematics.
Popular works.
510.207 PAR