Knots: Mathematics with a Twist Ornaments and icons, symbols of complexity or evil, aesthetically appealing and endlessly useful in everyday ways, knots are also the object of mathematical theory, used to unravel ideas about the top
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| Title | : | Knots: Mathematics with a Twist |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (257 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674013816 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2004-04-15 |
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Ornaments and icons, symbols of complexity or evil, aesthetically appealing and endlessly useful in everyday ways, knots are also the object of mathematical theory, used to unravel ideas about the topological nature of space. In recent years knot theory has been brought to bear on the study of equations describing weather systems, mathematical models used in physics, and even, with the realization that DNA sometimes is knotted, molecular biology. This book, written by a mathematician known for his own work on knot theory, is a clear, concise, and engaging introduction to this complicated subject. A guide to the basic ideas and applications of knot theory, Knots takes us from Lord Kelvin's early--and mistaken--idea of using the knot to model the atom, almost a century and a half ago, to the central problem confronting knot theorists today: distinguishing among various knots, classifying them, and finding a straightforward and general way of determining whether two knots--treated
Editorial : A thought-provoking analysis of why technology has failed to live up to its promises. (Daniel Goroff, Professor of the Practice of Mathematics, Harvard University)
In her provocative new book, Victoria Nelson contends that modern civilization has repressed our spiritual instincts. (Clifford Pickover, author of The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars)
Nelson skillfully manages to thrust the sphere of academic research headlong into popular culture, making this both accessible and erudite (Ian Stewart, author of Flatterland and What Shape is a Snowflake?)
Indeed, knots are trendy and also accessible to recreational mathematicians. A sophisticated high school student might enjoy working out the math in this book, while a full-fledged math student would find it a charming tour of knot theory's greatest hitsAn enjoyable math book and highly recommended. (Amy Crunvard Library Journal 2003-02-01)
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Nice photos, text doesn't go very deep into VW history or technical stuff. Bought this for my mom who loves these puzzlesnice little book that's perfect for travel. He comes from money but wants people to like him for who he is not what he can finically do for them. Absolutely no captions for any of the photos and little direct reference to said photos in the accompanying text. Sam is just really that old fashioned at times. Chapter 11 talked about various weather instruments (thermometers, weather balloon, cloud photography, etc.) as well as how a child can make a weather vane, barometer, rain gauge, and do a condensation experiment. I used the larger DK books for Italy and Ireland and was not as happy.. Love it. It was refreshing to meet such a strong female character. He makes frequent comments such as "the attentive reader will notice," which I found annoying after a while. A "must read" book, even for molecular researchers, for anyone that needs to understand dicot and monocot pla
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