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• catalog abstract "In this revised, updated edition, the author blazes a trail into math's wilderness, a domain of unsettled truths full of unanswered questions, and shows us the wonderland beyond the thicket. He presents the latest information on mathematical proofs, fractals, prime numbers, and chaos, as well as new material on such intriguing topics as the relationship between mathematical knots and DNA; the application of cellular automata models to social questions; and the significant increase in the speed of factoring large composite numbers by means of computers based on quantum logic. Demystifying the major discoveries in mathematics, Peterson explores the work of key mathematicians along with the sources of their ideas and inspiration. He also shows how their discoveries fit into the mathematical puzzle and have spawned further developments. More than 100 lively line drawings and sixteen color plates of computer-generated images graphically illuminate the concepts. -- From publisher description.".
• catalog contributor b10814551.
• catalog created "1998.".
• catalog date "1998".
• catalog date "1998.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
• catalog description "A color gallery of modern mathematics -- Explorations. Maps of a different color -- Math lands -- Logging on -- Pure power -- The fivefold way. -- Prime Pursuits. Heads or tails? -- Prime properties -- Hunting for big primes -- Breaking up is hard to do -- Secrets and primes. -- 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 -- Tangled strings. -- 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 -- Travels of an ant -- The gods of Sugarscape. -- In Abstract Terrain. Keeping secrets -- Clear thoughts -- Matters of state -- Automatic logic -- The burden of proof.".
• catalog description "In this revised, updated edition, the author blazes a trail into math's wilderness, a domain of unsettled truths full of unanswered questions, and shows us the wonderland beyond the thicket. He presents the latest information on mathematical proofs, fractals, prime numbers, and chaos, as well as new material on such intriguing topics as the relationship between mathematical knots and DNA; the application of cellular automata models to social questions; and the significant increase in the speed of factoring large composite numbers by means of computers based on quantum logic. Demystifying the major discoveries in mathematics, Peterson explores the work of key mathematicians along with the sources of their ideas and inspiration. He also shows how their discoveries fit into the mathematical puzzle and have spawned further developments. More than 100 lively line drawings and sixteen color plates of computer-generated images graphically illuminate the concepts. -- From publisher description.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog extent "xviii, 266 p., [8] p. of plates :".
• catalog identifier "0716732505".
• catalog issued "1998".
• catalog issued "1998.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : W.H. Freeman,".
• catalog subject "510 21".
• catalog subject "Mathematics Popular works.".
• catalog subject "QA93 .P377 1998".
• catalog tableOfContents "A color gallery of modern mathematics -- Explorations. Maps of a different color -- Math lands -- Logging on -- Pure power -- The fivefold way. -- Prime Pursuits. Heads or tails? -- Prime properties -- Hunting for big primes -- Breaking up is hard to do -- Secrets and primes. -- 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 -- Tangled strings. -- 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 -- Travels of an ant -- The gods of Sugarscape. -- In Abstract Terrain. Keeping secrets -- Clear thoughts -- Matters of state -- Automatic logic -- The burden of proof.".
• catalog title "The mathematical tourist : new and updated snapshots of modern mathematics / Ivars Peterson.".
• catalog type "Popular works. fast".
• catalog type "text".