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Ian Stewart, professeur émérite de mathématiques à l’université de Warwick (Grande-Bretagne), prix Faraday 2001 de la Royal Society, a publié plus de quatre-vingts livres, dont de nombreux best-sellers. Sont disponibles dans la collection Champs : Dieu joue-t-il aux dés ?, La Chasse aux trésors mathématiques, 17 équations qui ont changé le monde.
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From Electrons to Elephants and Elections

Ian Stewart , Shyam Wuppuluri


Springer

2022-04-08

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This highly interdisciplinary book, covering more than six fields, from philosophy and sciences all the way up to the humanities and with contributions from eminent authors, addresses the interplay between content and context, reductionism and holism...

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Télécharger le livre :  Les dés jouent-ils aux dieux ?
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Dans ce livre, Ian Stewart retrace les efforts de la pensée humaine pour faire des prévisions, à l’aide des mathématiques,  sur tout ce qui est incertain. Météorologie ou économie, mécanique quantique, justice, mécanisme cérébral d’une prise de décision, hasard ou...

Editeur : Dunod
Parution : 2020-09-02
Collection : Quai des Sciences
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Télécharger le livre :  Les divagations mathématiques de Ian Stewart
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Comment transformer un cornet de glace en cube ? Quelle est la forme d'une larme ? Ian Stewart propose une nouvelle sélection de 20 explorations mathématiques, du voyage dans le temps au comportement bizarre d'objets familiers...  Nous y découvrons entre autres la...

Editeur : Dunod
Parution : 2011-08-31
Collection : HORS COLLECTION
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Télécharger le livre :  Infinity
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Infinity is an intriguing topic, with connections to religion, philosophy, metaphysics, logic, and physics as well as mathematics. Its history goes back to ancient times, with especially important contributions from Euclid, Aristotle, Eudoxus, and Archimedes. The...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2017-03-16

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Télécharger le livre :  Infinity
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Infinity is an intriguing topic, with connections to religion, philosophy, metaphysics, logic, and physics as well as mathematics. Its history goes back to ancient times, with especially important contributions from Euclid, Aristotle, Eudoxus, and Archimedes. The...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2017-03-13

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Télécharger le livre :  The Foundations of Mathematics
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The transition from school mathematics to university mathematics is seldom straightforward. Students are faced with a disconnect between the algorithmic and informal attitude to mathematics at school, versus a new emphasis on proof, based on logic, and a more abstract...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2015-03-12

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Télécharger le livre :  Nature's Numbers
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A mathematical sightseeing tour of the natural world from the author of THE MAGICAL MAZEWhy do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have spots?Mathematics is...

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution : 2014-03-20
Collection : SCIENCE MASTERS
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Télécharger le livre :  Transactional Analysis Counselling in Action
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Selling over 25,000 copies across three editions, this book provides an unrivalled introduction to the core concepts and basic techniques of Transactional Analysis (TA). Ian Stewart guides the reader step-by-step through the successive stages in using TA to create...

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution : 2013-10-23

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Télécharger le livre :  Mr Struth: The Boss
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Bill Struth is the most celebrated Manager in the history of Rangers Football Club. In his 34 year tenure, he led the club to 30 major trophies and nurtured many of the club's greatest players. To them, he was simply 'Mr. Struth' - a father figure who guided them with...

Editeur : Headline
Parution : 2013-10-10

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Télécharger le livre :  Symmetry
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In the 1800s mathematicians introduced a formal theory of symmetry: group theory. Now a branch of abstract algebra, this subject first arose in the theory of equations. Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences, and its...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2013-05-30

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Télécharger le livre :  Symmetry
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In the 1800s mathematicians introduced a formal theory of symmetry: group theory. Now a branch of abstract algebra, this subject first arose in the theory of equations. Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences, and its...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2013-05-30

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Télécharger le livre :  Cows in the Maze
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From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon - and how to make one - Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics....

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2010-04-22

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Télécharger le livre :  Cows in the Maze
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From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon - and how to make one - Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics....

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2010-04-22

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Télécharger le livre :  Nature's Numbers
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"It appears to us that the universe is structured in a deeply mathematical way. Falling bodies fall with predictable accelerations. Eclipses can be accurately forecast centuries in advance. Nuclear power plants generate electricity according to well-known formulas. But...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2008-08-04

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Télécharger le livre :  Flatterland
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In 1884, Edwin A. Abbott published a brilliant novel about mathematics and philosophy that charmed and fascinated all of England. As both a witty satire of Victorian society and a means by which to explore the fourth dimension, Flatland remains a tour de force. Now,...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2008-08-01

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Télécharger le livre :  The Annotated Flatland
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Flatland is a unique, delightful satire that has charmed readers for over a century. Published in 1884 by the English clergyman and headmaster Edwin A. Abbott, it is the fanciful tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being who is whisked away by a mysterious visitor to...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2008-07-31

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Télécharger le livre :  Why Beauty Is Truth
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At the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory, and much of modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry. In Why Beauty Is Truth, world-famous mathematician Ian Stewart narrates the history of the emergence of this remarkable area of study. Stewart...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2007-08-02

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Télécharger le livre :  Letters to a Young Mathematician
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The first scientific entry in the acclaimed Art of Mentoring series from Basic Books, Letters to a Young Mathematician tells readers what Ian Stewart wishes he had known when he was a student and young faculty member. Subjects ranging from the philosophical to the...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2007-08-01

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Télécharger le livre :  How to Cut a Cake
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Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle --...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2006-10-12

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Télécharger le livre :  Math Hysteria
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Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2004-05-13

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Télécharger le livre :  Math Hysteria
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Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2004-05-13

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