Math bytes : Google bombs, chocolate-covered pi, and other cool bits in computing / Timothy P. Chartier.
By: Chartier, Timothy P.
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014Description: xi, 136 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691160603 (acidfree paper).Subject(s): Mathematics -- Popular works | Mathematics -- Data processing -- Popular works | Computer science -- Popular worksGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 510
Contents:
Your first byte -- Deceiving arithmetic -- Two by two -- Infinite detail -- Plot the course -- Doodling into a labyrinth -- Obama-cize yourself -- Painting with M&Ms -- Distorting reality -- A pretty mathematical face -- March MATHness -- Ranking a googol of bits -- A byte to go -- Up to the challenge -- List of figures.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Your first byte -- Deceiving arithmetic -- Two by two -- Infinite detail -- Plot the course -- Doodling into a labyrinth -- Obama-cize yourself -- Painting with M&Ms -- Distorting reality -- A pretty mathematical face -- March MATHness -- Ranking a googol of bits -- A byte to go -- Up to the challenge -- List of figures.