Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries
暫譯: 梅林的未解數學謎題

Name: Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries
Price: 1064 TWD
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Author: Devadoss, Satyan, Harvey, Matthew
ISBN: 0262044080

Devadoss, Satyan, Harvey, Matthew

出版商: Summit Valley Press
出版日期: 2020-07-28
售價: $1,120
貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,064
語言: 英文
頁數: 120
裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
ISBN: 0262044080
ISBN-13: 9780262044080

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商品描述

Sixteen of today's greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles in a story-driven, illustrated volume that invites readers to peek over the edge of the unknown.

Most people think of mathematics as a set of useful tools designed to answer analytical questions, beginning with simple arithmetic and ending with advanced calculus. But, as Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries shows, mathematics is filled with intriguing mysteries that take us to the edge of the unknown. This richly illustrated, story-driven volume presents sixteen of today's greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles, all understandable by anyone with elementary math skills. These intriguing mysteries are presented to readers as puzzles that have time-traveled from Camelot, preserved in the notebook of Merlin, the wise magician in King Arthur's court.

Our guide is Mage Maryam (named in honor of the brilliant young mathematician, the late Maryam Mirzakhani), a distant descendant of Merlin. Maryam introduces the mysteries--each of which is presented across two beautifully illustrated pages--and provides mathematical and historical context afterward. We find Merlin confronting mathematical puzzles involving tinker toys (a present for Camelot's princesses from the sorceress Morgana), cake-slicing at a festival, Lancelot's labyrinth, a vault for the Holy Grail, and more. Each mystery is a sword awaiting removal from its stone, capturing the beauty and power of mathematics.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

今天十六個最偉大的未解數學謎題，以故事驅動的插圖書籍形式，邀請讀者窺探未知的邊緣。

大多數人將數學視為一組有用的工具，旨在回答分析性問題，從簡單的算術開始，直到高級微積分結束。然而，正如Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries所展示的，數學充滿了引人入勝的謎題，將我們帶到未知的邊緣。這本豐富插圖、以故事為驅動的書籍呈現了今天十六個最偉大的未解數學謎題，所有謎題都能被具備基本數學技能的讀者理解。這些引人入勝的謎題以謎題的形式呈現給讀者，這些謎題來自於卡美洛（Camelot），保存在梅林（Merlin）這位亞瑟王宮廷中的智慧魔法師的筆記本中。

我們的指導者是梅莉亞姆（Mage Maryam），她的名字是為了紀念已故的傑出年輕數學家梅莉亞姆·米爾扎哈尼（Maryam Mirzakhani）而命名的，梅莉亞姆是梅林的遠親。梅莉亞姆介紹這些謎題——每個謎題都在兩頁美麗的插圖中呈現——並在之後提供數學和歷史背景。我們發現梅林面對涉及玩具（這是女巫摩根娜（Morgana）送給卡美洛公主的禮物）、節日的蛋糕切割、蘭斯洛特的迷宮、聖杯的保險庫等數學謎題。每個謎題都是一把等待從石頭中拔出的劍，捕捉了數學的美麗和力量。

作者簡介

Satyan Linus Devadoss is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Applied Mathematics and Professor of Computer Science at the University of San Diego. A recipient of two national teaching awards, he has published on topics ranging from origami and cartography to phylogenetics and particle collisions.

Matthew Harvey is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia's College at Wise and the author of the textbook Geometry Illuminated.