Geometry: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. The first few chapters are very strong, Gowers describes that mental models are, goes on to describing numbers, graphs and abstractions and then goes on to proofs. Kupio sam je i pročitao iz razloga što sam profesor matematike i uvek tragam za ovakvom literaturom u nadi da ću otkriti neke nove načine kako se matematika može učiniti zanimljivija učenicima. Iako je autor sve to fino objašnjavao, opet mislim da treba da postoji neka podloga znanja za lakše razumevanje svih ovih stvari koje on spominje.

A Serving of Crime with a Difference - You May Just Discover Something Unique, Different, or Unusual in These 20 Crime Novels. Even if you are familiar with the majority of the presented concepts, this (very) short intro, will surely provide you with a fresh and interesting way of viewing them. Biography: Maciej Dunajski is a Fellow of Clare College , and a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. This is a popular science book about geometry published by the OUP, and aiming at a level well bellow that of any subscriber to the hyperspace. What the book does, is to introduce us to the world of mathematics, what it isall about and how mathematicians approach different ideas and the way Timothy does that is by explaining an array of different ideas from model building, basic arithmetic, formal proofs, complex numbers, number theory, coordinate systems, infinity, higher dimensions, non Eucledian geometries, approximations etc.

Maciej Dunajski is a Fellow of Clare College, and a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. The reason of 5 stars is all of the above plus finally understanding why airplanes tend to move towards the poles (had to finish my bachelor in physics without ever anyone touching that concept. bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area.

But for someone who is not very familiar with mathematics, it won't make any sense, for such a person this book can be hard, confusing and boring. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. As the name suggests the book tries to tell a non-mathematician but interested person, what is Math about, what is it's goals, how mathematicians think and some techniques and results of modern and classical Math.

Maciej Dunajski is a Fellow of Clare College , and a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Has the potential to change how we look at Mathematics, or at least us non-mathematicians, especially in regard to the use of the abstract method and fundamental concepts such as: "A mathematical object is what it does. But this book revealed to me what I've secretly suspected for a long time: that I actually really, really like math, despite being terrible at it (it was actually my favorite subject until the 3rd grade. The study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof--deductive reasoning from a set of axioms--first arose. all this being said, this book is great for someone who has had mathematics in high school and knows what's what.