How the Other Half Thinks: Adventures in Mathematical Reasoning
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How the Other Half Thinks: Adventures in Mathematical Reasoning by Sherman Stein
With its ingeniously intuitive approach, "How the Other Half Thinks" will appeal to those enthusiasts who are charmed by mathematics and its style of thinking, as well as those more tentative readers who would like to find out why advanced mathematics casts a spell over so many of its followers. At once an entertaining, interactive mathematical exercise and an innovative exploration of mathematical reasoning, it will appeal to the enthusiast and the novice, the scientist and the humanist, and the left-brained and the right-brained.
Sherman Stein, Ph.D., has taught at the University of California at Davis. He is the recipient of the Lester R. Ford Award for Mathematical Exposition and the B eckenback Book Prize for Algebra and Tiling (with S. Szabo). He also received the Distinguished Teaching Award at his campus and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Marietta College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780071407984 |
| ISBN 10 | 0071407987 |
| Title | How the Other Half Thinks: Adventures in Mathematical Reasoning |
| Author | Sherman Stein |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill Education - Europe |
| Year published | 2002-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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