FIGURING IT OUT

Description:

A book of funny and puzzling mathematical stories. This is a book about power and beauty of Mathematics. It shows mathematics in action, explained in a way that everybody can understand. It is a book for enticing youngsters and inspiring teachers.

subjects: Least Squares,  puzzles,  GPS,  Nonius Scale,  Cryptography,  A4 Paper sizes,  Platonic Solids,  Voronoi Diagrams,  DNA computers,  Fractals,  Mathematics,  Popular works,  Mathematics, general,  Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology

People: Kolmogorov,  von Neumann,  Benford,  Pollock,  Bertrand,  Voronoi,  August Ferdinand Möbius (1790-1868),  M. C. Escher (1898-1972),  Albert Einstein (1879-1955),  Benoit B. Mandelbrot,  Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954),  David Hilbert (1862-1943)

Places: New York,  Pittsburgh,  Denver,  Salt Lake City