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- catalog abstract "In this work the author, a science journalist, guides us through the world of modern mathematics and the new developments in the field.".
- catalog contributor b2087790.
- catalog created "c1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "c1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1988.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 221-224.".
- catalog description "Explorations. Maps of a different color ; Logging on ; Pure power. -- Prime Pursuits. Heads or tails? ; Prime properties ; Hunting for big primes ; Breaking up is hard to do ; Unpacking a knapsack. -- Twists of Space. Fairy-tale tents ; Getting to the surface ; Bites in a doughnut ; Bubbling away ; Knotty problems. -- Shadows From Higher Dimensions. Flatland and beyond ; Shadows and slices ; A global view ; The classification game ; Linear gymnastics. -- Ants in Labyrinths. The language of nature ; Taming mathematical monsters ; Packing it in ; Fractal excursions ; Sticky stuff. -- The Dragons of Chaos. Steps in time ; The stranger side of squares ; The computer as microscope ; Zeroing in on chaos ; Sudden bursts and quick escapes. -- Life Stories. The game of life ; Going with the flow ; Forest fires, barnacles, and trickling oil ; Matters of state ; The fivefold way. -- In Abstract Terrain. Keeping secrets ; The burden of proof.".
- catalog description "In this work the author, a science journalist, guides us through the world of modern mathematics and the new developments in the field.".
- catalog extent "xv, 240 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0716719533".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "c1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Freeman,".
- catalog subject "510 19".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Popular works.".
- catalog subject "Mathematics.".
- catalog subject "QA93 .P475 1988".
- catalog tableOfContents "Explorations. Maps of a different color ; Logging on ; Pure power. -- Prime Pursuits. Heads or tails? ; Prime properties ; Hunting for big primes ; Breaking up is hard to do ; Unpacking a knapsack. -- Twists of Space. Fairy-tale tents ; Getting to the surface ; Bites in a doughnut ; Bubbling away ; Knotty problems. -- Shadows From Higher Dimensions. Flatland and beyond ; Shadows and slices ; A global view ; The classification game ; Linear gymnastics. -- Ants in Labyrinths. The language of nature ; Taming mathematical monsters ; Packing it in ; Fractal excursions ; Sticky stuff. -- The Dragons of Chaos. Steps in time ; The stranger side of squares ; The computer as microscope ; Zeroing in on chaos ; Sudden bursts and quick escapes. -- Life Stories. The game of life ; Going with the flow ; Forest fires, barnacles, and trickling oil ; Matters of state ; The fivefold way. -- In Abstract Terrain. Keeping secrets ; The burden of proof.".
- catalog title "The mathematical tourist : snapshots of modern mathematics / Ivars Peterson.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".