![]() I hope that they pique your curiosity to seek out and explore additional information.ĪCKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special thanks to my parents and grandmother for their love, support and encouragement, and to my teachers for expressing their enthusiasm for their subjects. The topics in this book and in The Joy of Mathematics give but a glimpse of some intriguing idea, concept, puzzle, historical note, game, etc. ![]() With More Joy of Mathematics I hope you will marvel at its realm and scope and experience the joy there can be. Every time I see one of its treasures, I am made aware of the beauty of mathematics. I ask you to stand back and gaze upon mathematics with open eyes and mind. ![]() However, when mathematics is viewed as a collage, its creativity and beauty emerge. In mathematics one finds numbers, abstract ideas, concepts that appear cold and dull to the untrained eye. ![]() Mathematics is linked to so many ideas and aspects of the universe. Mathematics is the design of a snowflake, the curve of a palm frond, the shape of a building, the joy of a game, the frustration of a puzzle, the crest of a wave, the spiral of a spider's web. Mathematics is more than doing calculations, more than solving equations, more than proving theorems, more than doing algebra, geometry or calculus, more than a way of thinking. More joy of mathematics: exploring mathematical insights & concepts / by Theoni Pappas. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pappas, Theoni. ![]() Box 476 San Carlos, CA 94070 Printedin the United States of America ISBN: 0-933174-73-X Printing March 1991 Printing August 1991 Printing July 1992 Printing April 1993 Printing April 1994 No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means without written permission from Wide World Publishing/Tetra. ![]()
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