000321669 000__ 03507cam\a2200613Ia\4500 000321669 001__ 321669 000321669 005__ 20210513115916.0 000321669 008__ 080122s2008\\\\dcua\\\\\b\\\\000\0\eng\d 000321669 010__ $$a 2007940798 000321669 019__ $$a180751257 000321669 020__ $$a9780883855669 000321669 020__ $$a0883855666 000321669 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn191051022 000321669 035__ $$a321669 000321669 040__ $$aSGB$$cSGB$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCQ 000321669 049__ $$aISEA 000321669 050__ $$aQA8.4$$b.I86 2008 000321669 08204 $$a510$$bIs11 000321669 24500 $$aIs mathematics inevitable? :$$ba miscellany /$$cedited by Underwood Dudley. 000321669 260__ $$aWashington, D.C. :$$bMathematical Assocition of America,$$c2008. 000321669 300__ $$ax, 325 p. :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm. 000321669 440_0 $$aSpectrum series 000321669 500__ $$aNbl-01 mat. 000321669 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical sources (p. 323-324). 000321669 5050_ $$aDieudonné on mathematics -- Why is mathematics? -- Is mathematics inevitable? -- Defense of quadratic equations -- Obtuse triangles -- Small paradox -- Applied mathematcis -- Law of small numbers -- Paralell postulate -- Arithmetic in the United Staes -- Moore method -- Early calculus -- Problems -- Tangled tale -- Brief life -- Cardano -- Boole and finite differences -- Calculating prodigies -- James Smith, circle-squarer -- Legislating [pi] -- Mathematics and music -- Mathematics books -- Irrational square roots -- Euler-Diderot anecdote -- Mathematics made difficult -- Mathematical humor. 000321669 650_0 $$aMathematics$$vMiscellanea. 000321669 650_0 $$aMathematics$$vHumor. 000321669 7001_ $$aKlosinski, Leonard F. 000321669 70012 $$aAlexanderson, Gerald L.$$tOn the value of mathematics (books) 000321669 70012 $$aAltshiller-Court, Nathan,$$d1881-1968.$$tMathmatics in fun and in earnest. 000321669 70012 $$aAubry, John.$$tBrief lives. 000321669 70012 $$aCardano, Girolamo,$$d1501-1576.$$tDe propria vita.$$lEnglish. 000321669 70012 $$aCarroll, Lewis,$$d1832-1898.$$tTangled tale. 000321669 70012 $$aCohen, Patricia Cline.$$tCalculating people. 000321669 70012 $$aDieudonné, Jean,$$d1906-1992.$$tMathematics and mathematicians. 000321669 70012 $$aGallian, Joseph A.$$tAssigning driver's license numbers. 000321669 70012 $$aGillings, Richard J.$$tSo-called Euler-Diderot incident. 000321669 70012 $$aGuy, Richard K.$$tStrong law of small numbers. 000321669 70012 $$aGuy, Richard K.$$tThere are three times as many obtuse-angled triangles as there are acute-angled ones. 000321669 70012 $$aHallerberg, Arthur E.$$q(Arthur Edward),$$d1918-1978.$$tIndiana's squared circle. 000321669 70012 $$aHalmos, Paul R.$$q(Paul Richard),$$d1916-2006.$$tI want to be a mathematician. 000321669 70012 $$aHemenway, David.$$tWhy your classes are larger than "average." 000321669 70012 $$aKline, Morris,$$d1908-1992.$$tMathematics and the physical world. 000321669 70012 $$aLinderholm, Carl E.,$$d1937- .$$tMathematics made difficult. 000321669 70012 $$aMcCabe, Robert L.$$q(Robert Lorenzo),$$d1863- .$$tTheodorus' irrationality proofs. 000321669 70012 $$aRothstein, Edward,$$d1952- .$$tEmblems of mind. 000321669 70012 $$aSholander, Marlow.$$tOn the set of legs of a horse. 000321669 70012 $$aSmith, David Eugene,$$d1860-1944.$$tOn the origin of certain typical problems. 000321669 70012 $$aSmith, James,$$d1805-1872.$$tQuadrature of the circle. 000321669 70012 $$aSmith, Steven Bradley.$$tGreat mental calculators. 000321669 70012 $$aSynge, J. L.$$q(John Lighton),$$d1897-1995.$$tGeorge Boole and the calculus of finte differences. 000321669 70012 $$aTrudeau, Richard J.$$tProblem with postulate 5. 000321669 70012 $$aYing, Wong Ngai.$$tWhy is a restaurant's business worse in the owner's eyes than in the customers'? 000321669 74002 $$aQuadratic equations. 000321669 85200 $$bgen$$hQA8.4$$i.I86$$i2008 000321669 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:321669$$pGLOBAL_SET 000321669 980__ $$aBIB 000321669 980__ $$aBOOK