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THE PENGUIN BOOK OF CURIOUS AND INTERESTING MATHEMATICS

Book ID/图书代码: 04850915B77291

English Summary/英文概要: A collection of strange mathematical facts and stories. This anthology covers a whole range of ages, maths and mathematicians, and includes probability paradoxes, jumbled Shakespearean sonnets, record-breaking monkeys and typewriters, and theories of big game hunting. Also featured are stories of people who looked for logical loopholes in the American Constitution, calmed their nerves with algebra or used sextants to measure the buttocks of Hottentot women.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 这本书涵盖了一切您闻所未闻、见所未见的数学小知识和有关于数学的奇闻逸事。无论是刚刚学会十以内加减法的小学一年级新生,还是“满腹经纶”的数学家,都会从中受益匪浅!此书囊括了概率悖论、具有独特审美价值的莎士比亚十四行诗、打破世界纪录的聪明猴子以及打字机的发明史,更有大型狩猎游戏的基本理论等等。本书还聚焦了一些“牛人牛事”:有人千方百计地在美国宪法修正案中寻找逻辑漏洞;有人用代数学研究错综复杂的神经系统;甚至有人用六分仪(航海定向仪器)来测量非洲霍屯督族女性的臀部……(Susie)

Awards/获奖情况:Mensa members need read no further; this is NOT a puzzle book. It merely illustrates how Archimedes, Einstein, Erdos, etc. are (not) like the rest of us. In that it succeeds admirably, and that’s enough for me. Bonus: for those of you who despaired of learning complex analysis, understanding of a simple pole is found herein.

About the Author/作者介绍: David Wells先生于1940年出生在英格兰的布里斯托尔市。打孩提时候起,他就对数学产生了浓厚的兴趣并且在18岁那年,以全额奖学金的身份保送全球顶尖学府——剑桥大学攻读数学专业,却在毕业时未获得学位。之后,他成为了一名数学老师, 中途转行做过游戏开发师等职业,最后成了一名作者,专门编写有关数学和谜题破解类的图书, 当然, 他偶尔也会发表一些关于大众文化、经济学和政治学方面的文章——基本上描写了时下人们意识形态在日常生活中所扮演的不同角色。

David Wells was born in Bristol, England, in 1940. He was mad about maths as a child and got a scholarship to Cambridge University to study maths but failed his degree - a rare achievement. He then became a maths teacher, then a professional puzzles composer and game inventor, and finally an author, of books on maths and puzzles, naturally, though he has also written on culture in general and economics and politics - basically writing about the role of ideology.

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