Islands of Truth

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Islands of Truth: A Mathematical Mystery Cruise continues the lucid explanations of recent research developments at the frontiers of mathematics and computer graphics that made Ivars Peterson's first book, The Mathematical Tomist, a best-seller. Here is a selec-tion of critical reactions to The Mathematical Tourist, now available in paperback from W. H. Freeman and Company.
" buy The Mathematical Tourist; anyone can read it with pleasure, and it will fill you with sights and sounds enough to make you want to retum again and again The Mathematical Tourist is not just a guide, it's an unusually good one." -New Scientist
"He plumbs such delicious arcana as knot theory, cellular automata and surgery on manifolds, to give a sampling-in a way that both newcomer and onetime math major will appreciate. Peterson has provided a coda of conjecture and proof in higher mathematics. One can learn a lot from this book."
-Jim Holt, The New York Times
" a top-notch survey of the frontiers of... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Islands of Truth: A Mathematical Mystery Cruise continues the lucid explanations of recent research developments at the frontiers of mathematics and computer graphics that made Ivars Peterson's first book, The Mathematical Tomist, a best-seller. Here is a selec-tion of critical reactions to The Mathematical Tourist, now available in paperback from W. H. Freeman and Company.
" buy The Mathematical Tourist; anyone can read it with pleasure, and it will fill you with sights and sounds enough to make you want to retum again and again The Mathematical Tourist is not just a guide, it's an unusually good one." -New Scientist
"He plumbs such delicious arcana as knot theory, cellular automata and surgery on manifolds, to give a sampling-in a way that both newcomer and onetime math major will appreciate. Peterson has provided a coda of conjecture and proof in higher mathematics. One can learn a lot from this book."
-Jim Holt, The New York Times
" a top-notch survey of the frontiers of contemporary mathematics. He breathes life into the subject "
-The Los Angeles Times
ISLANDS OFTRUTH
A MATHEMATICAL MYSTERY CRUISE
IVARS PBTERSON
Do you know of a mathematical formula that can transform circles into squares? Can you tum a beach ball inside out without letting out the air? Do you want to know how a rubber band may help a traveling salesman? What's really inside the fourth dimension?
Ivars Peterson, the best-selling author of The Mathematical Tourist, takes you on another fantastic voyage into Math-land where the habitat is purely mys-terious and the inhabitants invariably fascinating. Explore uncharted islands as the author introduces you to strange vibrations in the shadows of chaos, new twists in knot physics, and the straight side of circles. The author speaks in a way that's accessible and enjoyable to experienced travelers and first-time tourists alike.
Peterson, the renowned science jour-nalist, makes the arcane intelligible while he translates mathematics into prose. From astonishing applications of number theory to new develop-ments in fractal geometry and the power of computer graphics, Islands oí Truth is a lucid and interesting investi-gation into the dynamic world of modern mathematics. Vissza