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The Edge of the Universe

BOOK · 2006 · 338 pages · By Deanna Haunsperger, Stephen Kennedy

Mathematics
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Beautifully printed with 24 pages of full color. Ideal for Math Clubs. Math Horizons is a magazine that celebrates the people and ideas which are mathematics. Containing the editor.s selections from the first ten years of the magazine.s existence, this volume features exquisite expositions of undergraduate-level mathematics. Broad and appealing, the coverage also includes fiction with mathematical themes; literary, theatrical, and cinematic criticism; humor; history; and social history. Mathematics is shown as a human endeavor through biographies and interviews of mathematicians and users of mathematics including artists, writers, and scientists. The puzzles, games, and activities throughout make it a valuable resource for student math clubs. Though especially appealing to students of mathematics from high school to graduate school and their teachers, this collection is an eclectic and wide-ranging look at the culture of mathematics, and offers enjoyable reading for anyone with an interest in mathematics.

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