Dr. Gogol's Digital Adventure

Author: Pickover
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The magical and fun brain-teasing puzzles in this book can even make readers with a left-brain inclination fall in love with numbers. The unique and fascinating chapters about the lives, scandals, and romantic entanglements of certain mathematicians are sure to attract readers of all mathematical levels. In fact, the focus of this book is on creativity, discovery, and challenges. Chapters 2 and 4 are particularly suitable for beginners, as their main content includes interesting classroom explorations and experiments. Chapter 2 discusses different perspectives in the classroom, or controversies at the dinner table and on the internet. Chapter 3 contains problems that require more mathematical skills. When Dr. Gogol introduced some of the wonderful numbers in this book to his students, they were immediately captivated because they realized that with a personal computer, they could break world records and make new discoveries. With just a pen and a piece of paper, most concepts can be explored!