Davis P.J., Chinn W.G. 3.1416 and All That

Birkhäuser, 1985. — 197 p.3.1416 and All That is a beautiful book written by two masters of popularization. Philip J. Davis and William G. Chinn are mathematicians of many dimensions, who are interested in much more than mathematics. In the following twenty-four essays, you obtain pleasant introductions to powerful ideas of mathematics. In fact, you will have fun reading this book of mathematics. Essayists Davis and Chinn write with style, vigor, and a sense of the relationship of mathematics to other fields, including biology, history, music, philosophy, and even golf and woodworking..
Professors Chinn and Davis are much aware of mathematics as a human activity. In their essays, they provide precious insights into how mathematicians think. They also show us that mathematics is alive and growing.
If you like mathematics, this book will cause you to like it more. If you are wary of mathematics, then reading this book is likely to make you a mathematical convert.The Problem That Saved a Man's Life.
The Code of the Primes.
Pompeiu's Magic Seven.
What Is an Abstraction?
Postulates-The Bylaws of Mathematics.
The Logical Lie Detector.
Number.
The Philadelphia Story.
Poinsot's Points and Lines.
Chaos and Polygons.
Numbers, Point and Counterpoint.
The Mathematical Beauty Contest.
The House That Geometry Built.
Explorers of the Nth Dimension.
The Band-Aid Principle.
The Spider and the Fly.
A Walk in the Neighborhood.
Division in the Cellar.
The Art of Squeezing.
The Business of Inequalities.
The Abacus and the Slipstick.
Of Maps and Mathematics.
"Mr. Milton, Mr. Bradley-Meet Andrey Andreyevich Markov".
3.1416 and All That.