Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780465013029)

Knowing that the most exciting math is not taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical games, puzzles, stories, and factoids intended for the adventurous mind. This book reveals the most exhilarating oddities from Professor Stewart's legendary cabinet.
Inside, you will find hidden gems of logic, geometry, and probability-like how to extract a cherry from a cocktail glass (harder than you think), a pop-up dodecahedron, and the real reason why you can't divide anything by zero. Scattered among these are keys to Fermat's last theorem, the Poincar (c)onjecture, chaos theory, and the P=NP problem (you'll win a million dollars if you solve it). You never know what enigmas you'll find in the Stewart cabinet, but they're sure to be clever, mind-expanding, and delightfully fun.

Author: Ian Stewart
ISBN-10: 0465013023
ISBN-13: 9780465013029
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 01/05/2009
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.58w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/01/2008 pg. 20
Scientific American 01/01/2009 pg. 106