About this title: Maths enthusiasts aren't necessarily the number-crunching geeks we tend to assume. In fact, they know that maths is about much more than numbers; it is a profoundly philosophical endeavour, as well as a stimulating mental exercise. In "How the Other Half Thinks", Sherman Stein emphasizes the creative elements of mathematics by exploring some significant mathematical discoveries through simple, intuitive manipulations. With an ingenious technique that uses no algebra or trigonometry, and only a minimum of arithmetic, Stein takes us through the thought process behind some of math's great ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, London
Date Published: 2001
Description: Very Good + 8vo. 177pp. A very clean copy and free of inscriptions looking little if ever used. Despatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc., US
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780071407984ISBN:0071407987
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL
Date Published: 2001
Description: Published by MCGRAW-HILL in 2001, 177 pages, paperback, medium size, both covers fine, internally very good, illustrated in black & white, text illustrations, index. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: 864. COM
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780071407984ISBN:0071407987
Description: New. "In some difficult musical compositions there are beautiful, but easy parts--so simple a beginner could play them. So it is with mathematics as well. "--Sherman Stein from the Introduction Some topics in advanced mathematics simply require arithmetic... read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Education-Europe
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780071407984ISBN:0071407987
Description: New. An entertaining, interactive mathematical exercise and an exploration of mathematical reasoning, this work is of interest to the enthusiast and the novice, the scientist and the humanist, and the left-brained and the right-brained. It appeals to those... read more
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