Ian Stewart Libri

A collection of Ian Stewart's recreational columns from Pour la Science, which demonstrate his ability to bring modern maths to life.

Introduces the power of today's transactional analysis and present the ideas of current TA in straightforward, readable language, with a wealth of illustrative examples.

Offering a comprehensive introduction to transactional analysis (TA), this book covers essential concepts and techniques in a clear and accessible manner. With over 25,000 copies sold since its first edition, it serves as a valuable resource for those seeking to understand interpersonal communication and personal development through the lens of TA.

Flatlandia fu scritto nel 1888 da Edwin Abbott Abbott. Il racconto, fantastico, racconta la vita di un abitante di un ipotetico universo bidimensionale che entra in contatto con l'abitante di un universo tridimensionale. È un racconto che affronta da un punto di vista della matematica e della geometria il tema della multidimensionalità dell'universo. Ad una prima parte, in cui si descrive un mondo dalle vedute limitate e allusivo all'epoca vittoriana, segue una seconda parte in cui la mente del protagonista viene aperta e illuminata da un intervento superiore. Così anche la mente del lettore si apre agli interrogativi sulla quarta, quinta, sesta dimensione, e oltre...

The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ability but not real understanding or greater intellectual independence. The new edition of this classic work seeks to address this problem. Its goal is to put the meaning back into mathematics. "Lucid . . . easily understandable".--Albert Einstein. 301 linecuts.

The year is 1835, and two strangers on the murky banks of the Union Canal make boatmaster James Ross a proposition. They will give him a pound in return for an alibi. Should anyone ask, they have been aboard his vessel all night. Ross glimpses their mud-spattered shoes. What have they been doing?A century later, Dalmuir couple Edith and Charles Hunter set off on a wintry evening walk along the Forth and Clyde. Minutes later cries of distress are heard from the banks, but the Hunters have gone. A police search soon becomes a sensational murder case.Scotland’s major canals, from the Highlands to the Lowlands, all feature in the annals of crime. In this fascinating new history T.A. Stewart reveals how assailants and thieves, and even kidnappers and terrorists, have been drawn to the waterways to practise their black arts.

Approaches mathematics using an assortment of puzzles and problems and the metaphorical structure of a maze