A comprehensive tour of leading mathematical ideas demonstrates how math intersects with philosophy, science, and other aspects of everyday life.
Chapter 7 The Standard X Toolkit - Intrinsics and Widgets 7.1 7.2 7.3 The standard X Toolkit , ' Xt ' 7.1.1 How the Toolkit is related to Xlib Widgets and widget sets are building blocks 7.2.1 Composite widgets 7.2.2 Primitive widgets ...
How does Google search the internet? Why does the stock market swing so often, and so wildly? In this book, the author explains the great ideas of maths, from negative numbers to calculus, and fat tails to infinity.
A comprehensive tour of leading mathematical ideas by an award-winning professor and columnist for the New York Times Opinionator series demonstrates how math intersects with philosophy, science and other aspects of everyday life.
In The Joy of x, Steven Strogatz expands on his hit New York Times series to explain the big ideas of math gently and clearly, with wit, insight, and brilliant illustrations.
He is the maths teacher you never had and this book is perfect for the smart and curious, the expert and the beginner.