Autor se ve své knize zabývá problémy, které jsou jemu osobně blízké, z čehož vyplývá také entuziasmus, s jakým je podává.... Zobraziť viac
Nudila vás ve škole matematika? To asi proto, že byla nudná! Ian Stewart, jeden z nejznámějších žijících matematiků, si... Zobraziť viac
Autor poodhaluje úžasný svět nekonečných šachových partií, zářících světlušek a samozřejmě řeší, jak nejefektivněji nakrájet... Zobraziť viac
Název Stewartovy knihy je narážkou na výrok Alberta Einsteina „Vy věříte v boha hrajícího v kostky a já v dokonalé... 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
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
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
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
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
