Ian Stewart: Reaching for the Extreme, Gebunden
Reaching for the Extreme
- How the Quest for the Biggest, Fewest and Weirdest Makes Maths
- Publisher:
- Profile Books, 02/2026
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781805221593
- Item number:
- 12430665
- Volume:
- 352 Pages
- other:
- Over 100 greyscale illustrations, graphs, charts
- Ausgabe:
- Main
- Weight:
- 560 g
- Format:
- 234 x 153 mm
- Thickness:
- 34 mm
- Release date:
- 12.2.2026
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PROFESSOR STEWART'S CABINET OF MATHEMATICAL CURIOSITIES
'A superlative study of superlatives' GUARDIAN 'Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths' ALEX BELLOS
What is the maximum land you can enclose inside a given border?
What is the minimum number of colours you can use to colour in a map so that no region shares a shade?
And how do you calculate the shortest route between two cities?
These questions may not sound related, but they have this in common: they all explore extremes : shortest lines, greatest areas, fewest colours. They have also given rise to some of the most important areas of mathematical study and have resulted in a myriad of applications - from the legend of Dido's founding of the city of Carthage to contemporary satellite navigation systems.
From soap bubbles to the cosmos, Britain's most beloved mathematician tells the fascinating stories of the people and ideas pushing the very bounds of mathematics - and the discoveries that have changed our lives.
Biography
Ian Stewart, geb. 1945, ist der beliebteste Mathematik-Professor Großbritanniens. Seit Jahrzehnten bemüht er sich erfolgreich, seine Wissenschaft zu popularisieren. Er studierte Mathematik in Cambridge und promovierte an der Universität Warwick. Dort ist er heute Professor für Mathematik und Direktor des Mathematics Awareness Center. Seit 2001 ist Stewart zudem Mitglied der Royal Society. Er lebt mit seiner Familie in Coventry.
