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Knots and Surfaces: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics
Author(s): D.W. Farmer (Author), Theodore B. Stanford (Author)
- Publisher: American Mathematical Society
- Publication Date: 28 Mar. 1996
- Language: English
- Print length: 101 pages
- ISBN-10: 0821804510
- ISBN-13: 9780821804513
Book Description
In most mathematics textbooks, the most exciting part of mathematics – the process of invention and discovery – is completely hidden from the reader. The aim of “”Knots and Surfaces”” is to change all that. By means of a series of carefully selected tasks, this book leads readers to discover some real mathematics. There are no formulas to memorize; no procedures to follow. The book is a guide: its job is to start you in the right direction and to bring you back if you stray too far. Discovery is left to you. Suitable for a one-semester course at the beginning undergraduate level, there are no prerequisites for understanding the text. Any college student interested in discovering the beauty of mathematics will enjoy a course taught from this book. The book has also been used successfully with non science students who want to fulfill a science requirement. Also available from the AMS by David W. Farmer is “”Groups and Symmetry: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics””.
