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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PROFESSOR STEWART'S CABINET OF MATHEMATICAL CURIOSITIES

'Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths' ALEX BELLOS

What is the maximum land you can enclose inside a given border?

What is the minimum number of colours you can use to colour in a map so that no region shares a shade?

And how do you calculate the shortest route between two cities?

These questions may not sound related, but they have this in common: they all explore extremes: shortest lines, greatest areas, fewest colours. They have also given rise to some of the most important areas of mathematical study and have resulted in a myriad of applications - from the legend of Dido's founding of the city of Carthage to contemporary satellite navigation systems.

From soap bubbles to the cosmos, Britain's most beloved mathematician tells the fascinating stories of the people and ideas pushing the very bounds of mathematics - and the discoveries that have changed our lives.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PROFESSOR STEWART'S CABINET OF MATHEMATICAL CURIOSITIES

'Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths' ALEX BELLOS

What is the maximum land you can enclose inside a given border?

What is the minimum number of colours you can use to colour in a map so that no region shares a shade?

And how do you calculate the shortest route between two cities?

These questions may not sound related, but they have this in common: they all explore extremes: shortest lines, greatest areas, fewest colours. They have also given rise to some of the most important areas of mathematical study and have resulted in a myriad of applications - from the legend of Dido's founding of the city of Carthage to contemporary satellite navigation systems.

From soap bubbles to the cosmos, Britain's most beloved mathematician tells the fascinating stories of the people and ideas pushing the very bounds of mathematics - and the discoveries that have changed our lives.

Über den Autor
Professor Ian Stewart
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Fachbereich: Populäre Darstellungen
Genre: Importe, Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781805221593
ISBN-10: 1805221590
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Stewart, Ian
Auflage: Main
Hersteller: Profile Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: Over 100 greyscale illustrations, graphs, charts
Maße: 240 x 160 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Stewart
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.02.2026
Gewicht: 0,56 kg
Artikel-ID: 134539332

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