New Visual Perspective on Fibonacci Numbers

Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1945. - 790 pages. This book is a great way to learn some of the interesting aspects of numbers. Among some of the subjects covered include numbering systems, ciphers, angles, dimensions, and of course, algebra. This book is designed to make mathematics interesting. The science is not treated formally; abstract conceptions and uninteresting and abstruse procedures are completely avoided; yet at the same time t...

First published in 1986, this mind-boggling and entertaining dictionary, arranged in order of magnitude, exposes the fascinating facts about certain numbers and number sequences - very large primes, amicable numbers and golden squares to give but a few examples.

W.H. Freeman & Company, 1998. - 413 pages. Mathematician Devlin offers readers readers a primer for mathematics, its history, and recent development in the numbers field. LANGUAGE OF MATHEMATICS walks readers through a range of topics from non-Euclidean geometry, network theory, and quantum mechanics to the impacting legacy left by some of history's greatest mathematicians, including Fermat, Galois, and Archimedes. The author is a featured c...

@ 1989, 1997 by W. H. Freeman, New York The Mathematical Association of America (Incorporated) ISBN 0-88385-521-6 Preface Penrose Tiling I Penrose Tiling II Mandelbrot's Fractals Conway's Surreal numbers Back from the Klondike and Other Problems The Oulipo The Oulipo II Wythoff's Nim Pool-Ball Triangles and Other Problems Mathematical Induction and Colored Hats Negative Numbers Cutting Shapes into N Congruent Putts Trapdoor ciphers Trapdoor ciph...

McGrawHill/Glencoe, 2010. - 269 pages. Math Triumphs is an intensive intervention resource for students who are two or more years below grade level. The series accompanies Glencoe Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 and provides step-by-step intervention, vocabulary support, and data-driven decision making to help students succeed in high school mathematics. Spiral bound Glencoe McGraw-Hill Math Triumphs Foundations for Algebra 1 copyright 2010...

McGrawHill/Glencoe, 2010. - 383 pages. Math Triumphs is an intensive intervention resource for students who are two or more years below grade level. The series accompanies Glencoe Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 and provides step-by-step intervention, vocabulary support, and data-driven decision making to help students succeed in high school mathematics. Spiral bound Glencoe McGraw-Hill Math Triumphs Foundations for Algebra 1 copyright 2010...

The Mathematical Association of America, 1997. - 160 pages. Proofs without words are generally pictures or diagrams that help the reader see why a particular mathematical statement may be true, and how one could begin to go about proving it. While in some proofs without words an equation or two may appear to help guide that process, the emphasis is clearly on providing visual clues to stimulate mathematical thought. The proofs in this collection...

Prometheus Books, 2009. - 269 Pages. What are the odds of finding two people who share the same birth date in a room of thirty-five? Most people would guess they're pretty low. In actuality, the probability is better than 80 percent. This is just one of many entertaining examples of mathematical curiosities presented in this book. If you have been waiting for a book that will evoke the delight and intrigue that mathematics has to offer, this is...

Wiley, 1997. - 141 pages. A lighthearted tour through 49 of the most interesting and useful mathematical formulas ever derived Now in paperback, this whimsical book reacquaints the reader with the pleasure of playing with numbers. Both entertaining and practical, it reaches a level of sophistication consistently high enough to make intelligent people think, but never aims so high that it is difficult to follow. Accompanying the formulas are ov...

Oxford University Press, 1993. - 336 pages. This is not a math book, but rather a journey through time and cultures that focuses on the place of numbers in various human systems. As such, it is entertaining, enlightening, and may even be somewhat unsettling to those who have always dismissed mysticism and numerology as bogus. Shimmel has translated and added to Franz Carl Endres's book of the same name, broadening the scope of the German origina...