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035			_a(OCoLC)983824977
092			_a510 _bB561
049			_aNFGA
245	0	4	_aThe best writing on mathematics. _n2017 / _cMircea Pitici, editor.
264		1	_aPrinceton ; _aOxford : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2018
300			_axvi, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_tMathematical products / _rPhilip J. Davis -- _tThe largest known prime number / _rEvelyn Lamb -- _tA unified theory of randomness / _rKevin Hartnett -- _tAn "infinitely rich" mathematician turns 100 / _rSiobhan Roberts -- _tInverse Yogiisms / _rLloyd N. Trefethen -- _tRamanujan in bronze / _rGerald L. Alexanderson, with contributions from Leonard F. Klosinski -- _tCreating symmetric fractals / _rLarry Riddle -- _tProjective geometry in the moon tilt illusion / _rMarc Frantz -- _tGirih for domes: analysis of three Iranian domes / _rMohammadhossein Kasraei, Yahta Nourian, and Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad -- _tWhy kids should use their fingers in math class / _rJo Boaler and Lang Chen -- _tThreshold concepts and undergraduate mathematics teaching / _rSinéad Breen and Ann O'Shea -- _tRising above a cause-and-effect stance in mathematics education research / _rJohn Mason -- _tHow to find the logarithm of any number using nothing but a piece of string / _rViktor Blâsjö -- _tRendering Pacioli's Rhombicuboctahedron / _rCarlo H. Séquin and Raymond Shiau -- _tWho would have won the Fields Medal 150 years ago? / _rJeremy Gray -- _tParadoxes, contradictions, and the limits of science / _rNoson S. Yanofsky -- _tStairway to heaven: the abstract method and levels of abstraction in mathematics / _rJean-Pierre Marquis -- _tAre our brains Bayesian? / _rRobert Bain -- _tGreat expectations: the past, present, and future of prediction / _rGraham Southorn.
520			_aAn 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.
650		0	_aMathematics. _944428
700	1		_aPitici, Mircea, _d1965- _eeditor. _9195801
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