Author: Isaac Oscar WinslowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Natural Arithmetic
Author: Isaac Oscar WinslowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Moebius Noodles
Author: Yelena McManamanPublisher: Natural Math
ISBN: 9780977693955
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
"How do you want your child to feel about math? Confident, curious and deeply connected? Then Moebius Noodles is for you. It offers advanced math activities to fit your child's personality, interests, and needs. Can you enjoy playful math with your child? Yes! The book shows you how to go beyond your own math limits and anxieties to do so. It opens the door to a supportive online community that will answer your questions and give you ideas along the way. Learn how you can create an immersive rich math environment for your baby. Find out ways to help your toddler discover deep math in everyday experiences. Play games that will develop your child's sense of happy familiarity with mathematics. A five-year-old once asked us, "Who makes math?" and jumped for joy at the answer, "You!" Moebius Noodles helps you take small, immediate steps toward the sense of mathematical power. You and your child can make math your own. Together, make your own math!"--Publisher's website.
The Natural Arithmetic
Author: Isaac Oscar WinslowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A Mathematical Nature Walk
Author: John AdamPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140083290X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
How heavy is that cloud? Why can you see farther in rain than in fog? Why are the droplets on that spider web spaced apart so evenly? If you have ever asked questions like these while outdoors, and wondered how you might figure out the answers, this is a book for you. An entertaining and informative collection of fascinating puzzles from the natural world around us, A Mathematical Nature Walk will delight anyone who loves nature or math or both. John Adam presents ninety-six questions about many common natural phenomena--and a few uncommon ones--and then shows how to answer them using mostly basic mathematics. Can you weigh a pumpkin just by carefully looking at it? Why can you see farther in rain than in fog? What causes the variations in the colors of butterfly wings, bird feathers, and oil slicks? And why are large haystacks prone to spontaneous combustion? These are just a few of the questions you'll find inside. Many of the problems are illustrated with photos and drawings, and the book also has answers, a glossary of terms, and a list of some of the patterns found in nature. About a quarter of the questions can be answered with arithmetic, and many of the rest require only precalculus. But regardless of math background, readers will learn from the informal descriptions of the problems and gain a new appreciation of the beauty of nature and the mathematics that lies behind it.
The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge
Author: Philip KitcherPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195035410
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This book argues against the view that mathematical knowledge is a priori, contending that mathematics is an empirical science and develops historically, just as natural sciences do. Kitcher presents a complete, systematic, and richly detailed account of the nature of mathematical knowledge and its historical development, focusing on such neglected issues as how and why mathematical language changes, why certain questions assume overriding importance, and how standards of proof are modified.
The Natural Arithmetic
Author: Isaac Oscar WinslowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The Natural Arithmetic
Author: Zalmon RichardsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Natural Arithmetic
Author: Isaac Oscar WinslowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Metamathematics of First-Order Arithmetic
Author: Petr HájekPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107168414
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
A much-needed monograph on the metamathematics of first-order arithmetic, paying particular attention to fragments of Peano arithmetic.
An Introduction to Ramsey Theory
Author: Matthew KatzPublisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 1470442906
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book takes the reader on a journey through Ramsey theory, from graph theory and combinatorics to set theory to logic and metamathematics. Written in an informal style with few requisites, it develops two basic principles of Ramsey theory: many combinatorial properties persist under partitions, but to witness this persistence, one has to start with very large objects. The interplay between those two principles not only produces beautiful theorems but also touches the very foundations of mathematics. In the course of this book, the reader will learn about both aspects. Among the topics explored are Ramsey's theorem for graphs and hypergraphs, van der Waerden's theorem on arithmetic progressions, infinite ordinals and cardinals, fast growing functions, logic and provability, Gödel incompleteness, and the Paris-Harrington theorem. Quoting from the book, “There seems to be a murky abyss lurking at the bottom of mathematics. While in many ways we cannot hope to reach solid ground, mathematicians have built impressive ladders that let us explore the depths of this abyss and marvel at the limits and at the power of mathematical reasoning at the same time. Ramsey theory is one of those ladders.”