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Mathematical Ideas, Expanded Edition
Expanded 11th Edition. Some wear. Creasing to some pages in the interior perhaps due to moisture. Text is clean and binding is tight. Solid Book. If applicable, online access or codes are not d to work.
1053 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1973
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September 30, 2018
Got most of exciting ideas of math
February 12, 2023
Really gets the abstract brain juices flowing! [Note: I read the sixth edition which has none of the Hollywood weirdness]
October 6, 2023
A well-rounded Mathematical foundation
I am afraid this is one of the few books I marked in (at least in pencil).
You will want to collect different editions to be sure nothing important has been deleted or replaced.
I have had courses before and after this book, but I keep it because it crosses disciplines, or at least shows practical uses and obscure theoretical uses for math.
It is the sidebar information that keeps you intrigued in the book.
A sample sidebar is:
Breaking codes - finding prime factors of extremely large numbers has been considered a mere computer exercise- interesting for improved methods of working with computers, but of no value of its right. This has changed in recent years with the new methods of “computer coding” in which very large numbers are used in an attempt to provide unbreakable codes for computer data. Just as fast as these numbers are used, other people try to find prime factors in them so that the code can be broken.
Then we get how-to examples.
I am afraid this is one of the few books I marked in (at least in pencil).
You will want to collect different editions to be sure nothing important has been deleted or replaced.
I have had courses before and after this book, but I keep it because it crosses disciplines, or at least shows practical uses and obscure theoretical uses for math.
It is the sidebar information that keeps you intrigued in the book.
A sample sidebar is:
Breaking codes - finding prime factors of extremely large numbers has been considered a mere computer exercise- interesting for improved methods of working with computers, but of no value of its right. This has changed in recent years with the new methods of “computer coding” in which very large numbers are used in an attempt to provide unbreakable codes for computer data. Just as fast as these numbers are used, other people try to find prime factors in them so that the code can be broken.
Then we get how-to examples.
May 4, 2011
The book itself was alright, i liked the movie references throughout it. but i didn't use it much, so i cant really say anything other than i spent too much money on it and it wasn't worth it.
May 2, 2013
Textbook used for class Spring 2013.
It's a math book - what else can you say?
It's a math book - what else can you say?
January 2, 2011
Mine is a 2nd edition, lol, total cost $12.95
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