| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 459 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Algebra: The art and craft of computation; 2 Velocity: On the road; 3 Acceleration: After the apple falls; 4 Irrational: The golden mean and other roots; 5 Exponents: How much would you pay for the island of Manhattan?; 6 Logarithms I: Money grows on trees, but it takes time; 7 Logarithms II: Rescaling the world; 8 e: The queen of growth and decay; 9 Finite series: Summing up your mortgage, geometrically; 10 In nite series: Fractals and the myth of forever; 11 Estimation: What is your rst guess? |
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12 Modular arithmetic I:Around the clock and the calendar13 Modular arithmetic II: How to keep (and break) secrets; 14 Probability: Dice, coins, cards, and winning streaks; 15 Permutations and combinations: Counting your choices; 16 Bayes' law: How to win a car ... or a goat; 17 Statistics: Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds; 18 Regression: Chasing connections in big data; The bigger story; Solutions to odd-numbered exercises; Practice exams; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching. |
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Mathematics.
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Mathematics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lachowska, Anna, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Khare, Apoorva. Beautiful, simple, exact, crazy. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015] 0300190891 (DLC) 2015935012 (OCoLC)917136954 |
| ISBN |
9780300216424 (electronic book) |
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0300216424 (electronic book) |
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9780300190892 (paperback) |
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0300190891 (paperback) |
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