The Magical Maze by Ian Stewart

The Magical Maze by Ian Stewart

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Summary

An expansion and development of Stewart's 1997 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (shown on BBC TV) which were aimed at popularizing mathematics. Suitable for secondary schoolchildren and adults, dealing with number, probability, game theory, patterns and oscillators, knots, computability, chaos and other topics.

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The Magical Maze by Ian Stewart

Structured on the image of a maze representing the network of connected mathematical ideas that have proved so powerful and effective in understanding the natural world, this book is an expansion and development of the author's 1997 Royal Institution Christmas Lecture.
Ian Stewart was awarded the 1995 Michael Faraday Medal by the Royal Society for the year's most significant contribution to the public understanding of science. He is Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre at the University of Warwick. Previous publications include Does Go
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ISBN 13 9780297819929
ISBN 10 0297819925
Title The Magical Maze
Author Ian Stewart
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1997-12-08
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.