{"product_id":"the-best-writing-on-mathematics-2019-9780691198354","title":"The Best Writing on Mathematics 2019","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year's finest mathematical writing from around the world\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, \u003cem\u003eThe Best Writing on Mathematics 2019\u003c\/em\u003e makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else—and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese essays delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday aspects of math, offering surprising insights into its nature, meaning, and practice—and taking readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, Moon Duchin explains how geometric-statistical methods can be used to combat gerrymandering, Jeremy Avigad illustrates the growing use of computation in making and verifying mathematical hypotheses, and Kokichi Sugihara describes how to construct geometrical objects with unusual visual properties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn other essays, Neil Sloane presents some recent additions to the vast database of integer sequences he has catalogued, and Alessandro Di Bucchianico and his colleagues highlight how mathematical methods have been successfully applied to big-data problems. And there's much, much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to presenting the year's most memorable math writing, this must-have anthology includes an introduction by the editor and a bibliography of other notable writings on mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a must-read for anyone interested in where math has taken us—and where it is headed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599119335660,"sku":"9780691198354","price":74.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691198354-the-best-writing-on-mathematics-2019.jpg?v=1777973488","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-best-writing-on-mathematics-2019-9780691198354","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}