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Do Androids Dream of Symmetric Sheaves?: And Other Mathematically Bent Stories
by Colin AdamsWhy is the Devil thrilled when Hell gets its first mathematician? How do 6 and 27 solve the diabolical murder of 9? What are the advantages a vampire has in the math world? What happens when we run out of new math to discover? How does Dr. Frankenstein create the ideal mathematical creature? What transpires when a grad student digging for theorems strikes a rich vein on the ridge overlooking Deadwood? What happens when math students band together to foment rebellion? What will a mathematician do beyond the grave to finish that elusive proof?This is just a small subset of the questions plumbed in this collection of 45 mathematically bent stories from the fertile imagination of Colin Adams. Originally appearing in The Mathematical Intelligencer, an expository mathematics magazine, these tales give a decidedly unconventional look at the world of mathematics and mathematicians. A section of notes is provided at the end of the book that explain references that may not be familiar to all and that include additional commentary by the author.
Do Colors Exist?: And Other Profound Physics Questions
by Seth Stannard CottrellWhy do polished stones look wet? How does the Twin Paradox work? What if Jupiter were a star? How can we be sure that pi never repeats? How does a quantum computer break encryption? Discover the answers to these, and other profound physics questions! This fascinating book presents a collection of articles based on conversations and correspondences between the author and complete strangers about physics and math. The author, a researcher in mathematical physics, responds to dozens of questions posed by inquiring minds from all over the world, ranging from the everyday to the profound. Rather than unnecessarily complex explanations mired in mysterious terminology and symbols, the reader is presented with the reasoning, experiments, and mathematics in a casual, conversational, and often comical style. Neither over-simplified nor over-technical, the lucid and entertaining writing will guide the reader from each innocent question to a better understanding of the weird and beautiful universe around us. Advance praise for Do Colors Exist?: “Every high school science teacher should have a copy of this book. The individual articles offer enrichment to those students who wish to go beyond a typical ‘dry curriculum’. The articles are very fun. I probably laughed out loud every 2-3 minutes. This is not easy to do. In fact, my children are interested in the book because they heard me laughing so much.” – Ken Ono, Emory University
Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty
by Ian StewartA celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictableWe would like to believe we can know things for certain. We want to be able to figure out who will win an election, if the stock market will crash, or if a suspect definitely committed a crime. But the odds are not in our favor. Life is full of uncertainty --- indeed, scientific advances indicate that the universe might be fundamentally inexact --- and humans are terrible at guessing. When asked to predict the outcome of a chance event, we are almost always wrong. Thankfully, there is hope. As award-winning mathematician Ian Stewart reveals, over the course of history, mathematics has given us some of the tools we need to better manage the uncertainty that pervades our lives. From forecasting, to medical research, to figuring out how to win Let's Make a Deal, Do Dice Play God? is a surprising and satisfying tour of what we can know, and what we never will.
Do I Count?: Stories from Mathematics (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)
by Gunter M. ZieglerThe subject of mathematics is not something distant, strange, and abstract that you can only learn about-and often dislike-in school. It is in everyday situations, such as housekeeping, communications, traffic, and weather reports. Taking you on a trip into the world of mathematics, Do I Count? Stories from Mathematics describes in a clear and capt
Do Not Erase: Mathematicians and Their Chalkboards
by Jessica WynneA photographic exploration of mathematicians’ chalkboards“A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns,” wrote the British mathematician G. H. Hardy. In Do Not Erase, photographer Jessica Wynne presents remarkable examples of this idea through images of mathematicians’ chalkboards. While other fields have replaced chalkboards with whiteboards and digital presentations, mathematicians remain loyal to chalk for puzzling out their ideas and communicating their research. Wynne offers more than one hundred stunning photographs of these chalkboards, gathered from a diverse group of mathematicians around the world. The photographs are accompanied by essays from each mathematician, reflecting on their work and processes. Together, pictures and words provide an illuminating meditation on the unique relationships among mathematics, art, and creativity.The mathematicians featured in this collection comprise exciting new voices alongside established figures, including Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Alain Connes, Misha Gromov, Andre Neves, Kasso Okoudjou, Peter Shor, Christina Sormani, Terence Tao, Claire Voisin, and many others. The companion essays give insights into how the chalkboard serves as a special medium for mathematical expression. The volume also includes an introduction by the author, an afterword by New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson, and biographical information for each contributor.Do Not Erase is a testament to the myriad ways that mathematicians use their chalkboards to reveal the conceptual and visual beauty of their discipline—shapes, figures, formulas, and conjectures created through imagination, argument, and speculation.
Do Not Open This Math Book: Addition + Subtraction
by Danica McKellar Maranda MaberryNew York Times bestselling author Danica McKellar is back with a fun and accessible introduction to the essentials of math. Addition and subtraction are as easy as 1 + 2 = 3 in this funny and educational book that will have readers embracing math instead of fearing it.Finally, a FUN book to read with kids that helps bridge the gap between what's being taught in school and how today's parents learned math back in the day. Giggle your way through entertaining lessons on addition and subtraction involving muffins, turkey sandwiches, kittens, googly eyes, and more!Actress, math whiz, and New York Times bestselling author Danica McKellar uses her proven math techniques to give children the solid grasp of addition and subtraction that will be key to their success and unlock their potential in the classroom and beyond!You will WANT to open this math book!
Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals, from Leonardo da Vinci to Now
by Stéphane Douady Jacques Dumais Christophe Golé Nancy PickA breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over themCharles Darwin was driven to distraction by plant spirals, growing so exasperated that he once begged a friend to explain the mystery &“if you wish to save me from a miserable death.&” The legendary naturalist was hardly alone in feeling tormented by these patterns. Plant spirals captured the gaze of Leonardo da Vinci and became Alan Turing&’s final obsession. This book tells the stories of the physicists, mathematicians, and biologists who found themselves magnetically drawn to Fibonacci spirals in plants, seeking an answer to why these beautiful and seductive patterns occur in botanical forms as diverse as pine cones, cabbages, and sunflowers.Do Plants Know Math? takes you down through the centuries to explore how great minds have been captivated and mystified by Fibonacci patterns in nature. It presents a powerful new geometrical solution, little known outside of scientific circles, that sheds light on why regular and irregular spiral patterns occur. Along the way, the book discusses related plant geometries such as fractals and the fascinating way that leaves are folded inside of buds. Your neurons will crackle as you begin to see the connections. This book will inspire you to look at botanical patterns—and the natural world itself—with new eyes.Featuring hundreds of gorgeous color images, Do Plants Know Math? includes a dozen creative hands-on activities and even spiral-plant recipes, encouraging readers to explore and celebrate these beguiling patterns for themselves.
Do the Math!: On Growth, Greed, and Strategic Thinking
by John K. WhiteOur world has become more complicated, and the notion of growth at any cost has led to constant economic uncertainty, a permanently stressed-out workforce, and everyday stories of government and corporate corruption. John K. White argues that a better knowledge of basic systems is needed to understand the world we live in, and one place to start is with counting and mathematics. Without an understanding of mathematics, we make poor personal financial choices, and we can't make the important decisions about government bailouts, oil supplies, or global warming. Do the Math! uses creative examples—borrowing liberally from the anecdotal and the academic, from literature and the newspaper, and from the stock market and the casino—to provide a thought-provoking guide to better understanding the world around us.
Do the Math: Number Core
by Marilyn BurnsDo The Math Workspace ADDITION & SUBTRACTION Number Core Primary
Document Analysis Systems: 16th IAPR International Workshop, DAS 2024, Athens, Greece, August 30–31, 2024, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14994)
by Giorgos Sfikas George RetsinasThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, DAS 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during August 30-31, 2024. The 27 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions addressing topics like: document analysis and understanding; retrieval and VQA; layout analysis; document classification; OCR correction and NLP; recognition systems; and historical documents.
Document Analysis and Recognition - ICDAR 2024: 18th International Conference, Athens, Greece, August 30 – September 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part III (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14806)
by Elisa H. Barney Smith Marcus Liwicki Liangrui PengThis six-volume set LNCS 14804-14809 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during August 30–September 4, 2024. The total of 144 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully selected from 263 submissions. The papers reflect topics such as: document image processing; physical and logical layout analysis; text and symbol recognition; handwriting recognition; document analysis systems; document classification; indexing and retrieval of documents; document synthesis; extracting document semantics; NLP for document understanding; office automation; graphics recognition; human document interaction; document representation modeling and much more.
Document Analysis and Recognition - ICDAR 2024: 18th International Conference, Athens, Greece, August 30–September 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14804)
by Elisa H. Barney Smith Marcus Liwicki Liangrui PengThis six-volume set LNCS 14804-14809 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during August 30–September 4, 2024. The total of 144 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully selected from 263 submissions. The papers reflect topics such as: Document image processing; physical and logical layout analysis; text and symbol recognition; handwriting recognition; document analysis systems; document classification; indexing and retrieval of documents; document synthesis; extracting document semantics; NLP for document understanding; office automation; graphics recognition; human document interaction; document representation modeling and much more.
Document Analysis and Recognition - ICDAR 2024: 18th International Conference, Athens, Greece, August 30–September 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14805)
by Elisa H. Barney Smith Marcus Liwicki Liangrui PengThis six-volume set LNCS 14804-14809 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during August 30–September 4, 2024. The total of 144 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully selected from 263 submissions. The papers reflect topics such as: document image processing; physical and logical layout analysis; text and symbol recognition; handwriting recognition; document analysis systems; document classification; indexing and retrieval of documents; document synthesis; extracting document semantics; NLP for document understanding; office automation; graphics recognition; human document interaction; document representation modeling and much more.
Document Analysis and Recognition - ICDAR 2024: 18th International Conference, Athens, Greece, August 30–September 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part IV (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14807)
by Elisa H. Barney Smith Marcus Liwicki Liangrui PengThis six-volume set LNCS 14804-14809 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during August 30–September 4, 2024. The total of 144 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully selected from 263 submissions. The papers reflect topics such as: document image processing; physical and logical layout analysis; text and symbol recognition; handwriting recognition; document analysis systems; document classification; indexing and retrieval of documents; document synthesis; extracting document semantics; NLP for document understanding; office automation; graphics recognition; human document interaction; document representation modeling and much more.
Document Analysis and Recognition - ICDAR 2024: 18th International Conference, Athens, Greece, August 30–September 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part V (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14808)
by Elisa H. Barney Smith Marcus Liwicki Liangrui PengThis six-volume set LNCS 14804-14809 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during August 30–September 4, 2024. The total of 144 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully selected from 263 submissions. The papers reflect topics such as: document image processing; physical and logical layout analysis; text and symbol recognition; handwriting recognition; document analysis systems; document classification; indexing and retrieval of documents; document synthesis; extracting document semantics; NLP for document understanding; office automation; graphics recognition; human document interaction; document representation modeling and much more.
Document Analysis and Recognition - ICDAR 2024: 18th International Conference, Athens, Greece, August 30–September 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part VI (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14809)
by Elisa H. Barney Smith Marcus Liwicki Liangrui PengThis six-volume set LNCS 14804-14809 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during August 30–September 4, 2024. The total of 144 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully selected from 263 submissions. The papers reflect topics such as: document image processing; physical and logical layout analysis; text and symbol recognition; handwriting recognition; document analysis systems; document classification; indexing and retrieval of documents; document synthesis; extracting document semantics; NLP for document understanding; office automation; graphics recognition; human document interaction; document representation modeling and much more.
Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2024 Workshops: Athens, Greece, August 30–31, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14935)
by Harold Mouchère Anna ZhuThis two-volume set LNCS 14935-14936 constitutes the proceedings of International Workshops co-located with the 18th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during August 30–31, 2024. The total of 30 regular papers presented in these proceedings were carefully selected from 46 submissions. Part I contains 16 regular papers that stem from the following workshops: ICDAR 2024 Workshop on Automatically Domain-Adapted and Personalized Document Analysis (ADAPDA); ICDAR 2024 Workshop on Advanced Analysis and Recognition of Parliamentary Corpora (ARPC); ICDAR 2024 Workshop on coMics ANalysis, Processing and Understanding (MANPU). Part II contains 14 regular papers that stem from the following workshops: ICDAR 2024 Workshop on Computational Paleography (IWCP); ICDAR 2024 Workshop on Machine Vision and NLP for Document Analysis (VINALDO).
Document Analysis and Recognition – ICDAR 2024 Workshops: Athens, Greece, August 30–31, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14936)
by Harold Mouchère Anna ZhuThis two-volume set LNCS 14935-14936 constitutes the proceedings of International Workshops co-located with the 18th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, ICDAR 2024, held in Athens, Greece, during August 30–31, 2024. The total of 30 regular papers presented in these proceedings were carefully selected from 46 submissions. Part I contains 16 regular papers that stem from the following workshops: ICDAR 2024 Workshop on Automatically Domain-Adapted and Personalized Document Analysis (ADAPDA); ICDAR 2024 Workshop on Advanced Analysis and Recognition of Parliamentary Corpora (ARPC); ICDAR 2024 Workshop on coMics ANalysis, Processing and Understanding (MANPU). Part II contains 14 regular papers that stem from the following workshops: ICDAR 2024 Workshop on Computational Paleography (IWCP); ICDAR 2024 Workshop on Machine Vision and NLP for Document Analysis (VINALDO).
Dodgers in the Hall of Fame (Images of Baseball)
by David Hickey Kerry Keene Raymond P. SinibaldiAmong the most successful franchises in the long and glorious history of baseball, the Dodgers have captured 25 pennants and have been crowned world champions seven times; only five teams in history have claimed more World Series titles. The Dodgers are baseball's most transformative franchise. In 1947, Jackie Robinson changed the face of baseball and America. They built Dodgertown in 1948; became the first major-league team to own a plane; and spurred the move west in 1958, where Sandy Koufax redefined pitching dominance. Herein lies the story of the men who have worn Dodger blue on their way to becoming baseball immortals, forever enshrined in Cooperstown's Baseball Hall of Fame.
Does Measurement Measure Up?: How Numbers Reveal and Conceal the Truth
by John M. HenshawA critical perspective of how measurements have come to affect our lives—from reasonable doubt to No Child Left Behind.There was once a time when we could not measure sound, color, blood pressure, or even time. We now find ourselves in the throes of a measurement revolution, from the laboratory to the sports arena, from the classroom to the courtroom, from a strand of DNA to the far reaches of outer space. Measurement controls our lives at work, at school, at home, and even at play. But does all this measurement really measure up? Here, John Henshaw examines the ways in which measurement makes sense or creates nonsense. Henshaw tells the controversial story of intelligence measurement from Plato to Binet to the early days of the SAT to today's super-quantified world of No Child Left Behind. He clears away the fog on issues of measurement in the environment, such as global warming, hurricanes, and tsunamis, and in the world of computers, from digital photos to MRI to the ballot systems used in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. From cycling and car racing to baseball, tennis, and track-and-field, he chronicles the ever-growing role of measurement in sports, raising important questions about performance and the folly of comparing today's athletes to yesterday's records.We can't quite measure everything, at least not yet. What could be more difficult to quantify than reasonable doubt? However, even our justice system is yielding to the measurement revolution with new forensic technologies such as DNA fingerprinting. As we evolve from unquantified ignorance to an imperfect but everpresent state of measured awareness, Henshaw gives us a critical perspective from which we can "measure up" the measurements that have come to affect our lives so greatly.
Dog's Colorful Day: A Messy Story about Colors and Counting
by Emma DoddThe story of a dog that wanders along picking up spots of different colors. Meant for kids to learn numbers and colors the fun way.