Bibliograph

How to free your inner mathematician, notes on mathematics and life, Susan D'Agostino

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How to free your inner mathematician, notes on mathematics and life, Susan D'Agostino

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-344) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to free your inner mathematician

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1122735251

Responsibility statement

Susan D'Agostino

Sub title

notes on mathematics and life

Summary

"How to Free Your Inner Mathematician: Notes on Mathematics and Life offers readers guidance in managing the fear, freedom, frustration, and joy that often accompany calls to think mathematically. With practical insight and years of award-winning mathematics teaching experience, D'Agostino offers more than 300 hand-drawn sketches alongside accessible descriptions of fractals, symmetry, fuzzy logic, knot theory, Penrose patterns, infinity, the Twin Prime Conjecture, Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, Fermat's Last Theorem, and other intriguing mathematical topics. Readers are encouraged to embrace change, proceed at their own pace, mix up their routines, resist comparison, have faith, fail more often, look for beauty, exercise their imaginations, and define success for themselves. Mathematics students and enthusiasts will learn advice for fostering courage on their journey regardless of age or mathematical background. How to Free Your Inner Mathematician delivers not only engaging mathematical content but provides reassurance that mathematical success has more to do with curiosity and drive than innate aptitude"--, Provided by publisher

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