Things to make and do in the fourth dimension / Matt Parker.
By: Parker, Matt (Mathematician) [author.].
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TextPublisher: London : Penguin Books, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Description: 465 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141975863; 0141975865.Subject(s): Mathematics -- Popular works | Mathematical recreations | Mathematical recreations | MathematicsGenre/Form: Popular works.DDC classification: 510.207 PAR Summary: 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.
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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.
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