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Introduction: What is Mathematics? | |
What's It All About? | |
Algebra and Descartes | p. 1 |
Buffon, Probability and Pi | p. 7 |
Cryptology and Ciphers | p. 11 |
Dragon Curve | p. 15 |
Euler and Polyhedra | p. 20 |
Feigenbaum Number | p. 25 |
Gambling, Probability and Abraham de Moivre | p. 30 |
Hanoi Towers | p. 34 |
Integers and Lagrange | p. 38 |
Jordan, Barnsley, Matrices and Ferns | p. 44 |
Kissing Circles | p. 51 |
Life and John Conway | p. 56 |
Million Dollar Prizes and Prime Numbers | p. 62 |
Newton and Gravity | p. 67 |
Odd, Even and Fibonacci Numbers | p. 72 |
Pi or [pi] | p. 76 |
Quadratics and Juggling | p. 82 |
Ramanujan | p. 87 |
Squares that are Magic | p. 90 |
Taylor Series in Your Calculator | p. 94 |
Universes, Time Travel and Einstein | p. 99 |
Von Neumann and Computers | p. 104 |
Wolfskehl, Wiles, Pythagoras and Diophantus | p. 109 |
X,Y,Z Coordinates, Descartes and Tennis Balls | p. 114 |
Yo-yos, Superballs and Other Toys | p. 119 |
Zoo Time with Tigers and Sea Shells | p. 125 |
Links to the National Curriculum | p. 131 |
Index | p. 132 |
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