Contributor
Pitici, Mircea, 1965- editor.
ImprintPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Imprint2019
Descriptionxvi, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Note:Geometry v. gerrymandering / Moon Duchin -- Slicing sandwiches, states, and solar systems: can mathematical tools help determine what divisions are provably fair? / Theodore P. Hill -- Does mathematics teach how to think? / Paul J. Campbell -- Abstracting the Rubick's cube / Roice Nelson -- Topology-disturbing objects: a new class of 3D optical illusion / Kokichi Sugihara -- Mathematicians explore mirror link between two geometric worlds / Kevin Hartnett -- Professor Engel's marvelously improbable machines / James Propp -- The on-line encyclopedia of integer sequences / Neil J. A. Sloane -- Mathematics for big data / Alessandro Di Bucchianico, Laura Iapichino, Nelly Litvak, Frank van der Meulen, and Ron Wehrens -- The un(solv)able problem / Toby S. Cubitt, David Pérez-García, and Michael Wolf -- The mechanization of mathematics / Jeremy Avigad -- Mathematics as an empircal phenomenon, subject to modeling / Reuben Hersh -- Does 2 + 3 = 5? In defense of a near absurdity / Mary Leng -- Gregory's sixth operation / Tiziana Bascelli, Piotr Blaszczyk, Validmir Kanovei, Karin U. Katz, Mikhail G. Katz, Semen S. Kutateladze, Tahl Nowik, David M. Schaps, and David Sherry -- Kolmogorov complexity and our search for meaning: what math can teach us about finding order in our chaotic lives / Noson S. Yanofsky -- Ethics in statistical practice and communication: five recommendations / Andrew Gelman -- The Fields Medal should return to its roots / Michael J. Barany -- The Erdös paradox / Melvyn B. Nathanson.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:An anthology of the year's finest writing on mathematics from around the world, featuring promising new voices as well as some of the foremost names in mathematics.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.
