A history of humanity told through its 17 defining equations, from Pythagoras to Calculus. Explains why imaginary numbers were important in the development of the digital camera, and what's really going on with Shrodinger's cat. From the author of "... Zobraziť viac
Nudila vás ve škole matematika? To asi proto, že byla nudná! Ian Stewart, jeden z nejznámějších žijících matematiků, si kvůli tomu ve čtrnácti začal vést matematický zápisník. Snášel do něj vše poutavé a zábavné o matematice... Zobraziť viac
Název Stewartovy knihy je narážkou na výrok Alberta Einsteina "Vy věříte v boha hrajícího v kostky a já v dokonalé uspořádání a zákonitost"... Zobraziť viac
Člověk se zájmem o matematiku má jen málokdy možnost dočíst se o výzkumech méně než sto let starých. Stewart takovou možnost nabízí a poutavě vysvětluje podstatné myšlenky nejnovějších trendů a objevů... Zobraziť viac
Presents a collection of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. This title helps you find out: how to organise chaos; how matter balances anti-matter; how to turn a sphere inside out (without creasing it); why you can't comb a hairy ball... Zobraziť viac
To, že si lidé často pod slovem matematika představují pouhou rutinní aritmetiku, jí na oblibě pochopitelně moc nepřidává... Zobraziť viac
When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic... Zobraziť viac
Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the formation of the Earth and its Moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universe... Zobraziť viac
Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen Univeristy feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending ... Zobraziť viac
Many people think mathematics is useless. They're wrong. In the UK, the 2.8 million people employed in mathematical science occupations contributed £208 billion to the economy in a single year — that's 10 per cent of the workforce contributing... Zobraziť viac
One of the world's great mathematicians explores the origins, history and future of the universe. Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the earth and the planets to the galaxy ... Zobraziť viac
When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. ... Zobraziť viac
