Full name: A Passion for Mathematics: Numbers, Puzzles, Madness, Religion, and the Quest for Reality

Author: Clifford A. Pickover Year: 2005 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mathematics, Science, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780471690986 0471690988

""A Passion for Mathematics"" is an educational, entertaining trip through the curiosities of the math world, blending an eclectic mix of history, biography, philosophy, number theory, geometry, probability, huge numbers, and mind-bending problems into a delightfully compelling collection that is sure to please math buffs, students, and experienced mathematicians alike. In each chapter, Clifford Pickover provides factoids, anecdotes, definitions, quotations, and captivating challenges that range from fun, quirky puzzles to insanely difficult problems. Readers will encounter mad mathematicians, strange number sequences, obstinate numbers, curious constants, magic squares, fractal geese, monkeys typing Hamlet, infinity, and much, much more. ""A Passion for Mathematics"" will feed readers' fascination while giving them problem-solving skills a great workout! Similar books: Mathematics by Keith Devlin Anno's Math Games by Mitsumasa Anno The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas A Course of Pure Mathematics by G. H. Hardy Meta Math! by Gregory Chaitin Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge by Morris Kline Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis by Dan Rockmore Wonders of Numbers by Clifford A. Pickover A Concrete Approach to Mathematical Modelling by Mike Mesterton-Gibbons Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula by Paul J. Nahin Further Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas The Joy of Mathematics by Theoni Pappas Mathematical Scandals by Theoni Pappas The Book of Numbers by John H. Conway Surreal Numbers by Donald E. Knuth The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan Hyperspace by Michio Kaku The Seven Mysteries of Life by Guy Murchie A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss