Enigmas of Chance
Title | Enigmas of Chance PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Kac |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 196 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780520059863 |
Enigmas of Chance
Title | Enigmas of Chance PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Kac |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 163 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Mathematicians |
ISBN | 9780465019816 |
This autobiography covers the life of Mark Kac, the Polish mathematician known best for his interest in probability theory. His question, "Can you hear the shape of a drum?"set the stage for research into spectral theory.
Enigmas of chance
Title | Enigmas of chance PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 163 |
Release | 1987 |
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Kolmogorov in Perspective
Title | Kolmogorov in Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | 242 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Mathematicians |
ISBN | 0821829181 |
The editorial board for the History of Mathematics series has selected for this volume a series of translations from two Russian publications, Kolmogorov in Remembrance and Mathematics and its Historical Development. This book, Kolmogorov in Perspective, includes articles written by Kolmogorov's students and colleagues and his personal accounts of shared experiences and lifelong mathematical friendships. The articles combine to give an excellent personal and scientific biography of this important mathematician. There is also an extensive bibliography with the complete list of Kolmogorov's work.
Astronomical Enigmas
Title | Astronomical Enigmas PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Kidger |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Total Pages | 382 |
Release | 2005-07-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780801880261 |
Astronomer Kidger has spent his career helping the general public understand the nature of the universe and astronomy. In "Astronomical Enigmas," he offers answers to the questions he is asked most frequently.
Enigmas
Title | Enigmas PDF eBook |
Author | Emily Joan Ward |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 255 |
Release | 2022-08-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1009232533 |
Arising from the 2020 Darwin College Lectures, this book presents eight essays from prominent public intellectuals on the theme of Enigmas. Each author examines this theme through the lens of their own particular area of expertise, together constituting an illuminating and diverse interdisciplinary volume. Enigmas features contributions by professor of physics Sean M. Carroll, author Jo Marchant, writer and broadcaster Adam Rutherford, professor of earth sciences Tamsin A. Mather, professor of the history of the book Erik Kwakkel, reader in cultural history Tiffany Watt Smith, mathematician and public speaker James Grime, assistant professor of positive AI J. Derek Lomas, and explorer Albert Y.- M. Lin. This volume will appeal to anyone fascinated by puzzles and mysteries, solved and unsolved.
Number Enigmas
Title | Number Enigmas PDF eBook |
Author | L. B. Lang |
Publisher | Thunder Bay Press |
Total Pages | 134 |
Release | 2003-05 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781592230181 |
Containing over 100 exercises, Number Enigmas challenges even the cleverest number crunchers. For fun or for sport, these puzzles are perfect for car trips or airplane rides or even to find out who is the real puzzle wizard in the family. Puzzlers used to those old-fashioned black-and-white enigmas will be happy to move up to this techno-colorful puzzle book.