Good Math
A Geek's Guide to the Beauty of Numbers, Logic, and Computation
| Price | $20.24 - $29.20
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| Author | Mark C. Chu-Carroll |
| Publisher | The Pragmatic Programmers |
| Published | 2013 |
| Pages | 282 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Paper book / ebook (PDF) |
| ISBN-10 | 1937785335 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781937785338 |
Why do Roman numerals persist? How do we know that some infinities are larger than others? And how can we know for certain a program will ever finish? In this fast-paced tour of modern and not-so-modern math, computer scientist Mark Chu-Carroll explores some of the greatest breakthroughs and disappointments of more than two thousand years of mathematical thought. There is joy and beauty in mathematics, and in more than two dozen essays drawn from his popular "Good Math" blog, you'll find concepts, proofs, and examples that are often surprising, counterintuitive, or just plain weird.
Mark begins his journey with the basics of numbers, with an entertaining trip through the integers and the natural, rational, irrational, and transcendental numbers.
- Mark C. Chu-Carroll (2 books)
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