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Return to mathematical circles: a fifth collection of mathematical stories and anecdotes

✍ Scribed by Howard Whitley Eves

Book ID
127455289
Publisher
PWS-Kent Pub. Co
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
2 MB
Series
Prindle, Weber & Schmidt series in mathematics
Category
Library
City
Boston
ISBN
0871501058

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

After receiving letters of outcry when he tried to end his popular "Mathematical Circles" series, Howard Eves put together this "Return to Mathematical Circles", another collection of mathematical tales. From the story of Newton's original bed to a remarkable factorization, Eve's second collection of 360 stories will help you give your students a new understanding of mathematics' place in history and in their everyday lives. This book will undoubtedly be as as useful to teachers at all levels of mathematics as have been the previous "Circle" books.

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