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Part I of the book provides foundation materials explaining the origins of our system of numbers and the notation used in mathematics. It then explores a number of familiar topics including the determination of times and distances, the structure of sound waves, the speed of light and gravity measurement. Part II takes the exploration process further, using the computer as a tool to investigate credit card and email security, digital photography, arithmetic by computers and the modelling of population dynamics. Part III concludes the exploration with details of a wide range of interesting numbers and number sequences, coupled with a little of the history for some of those that are regarded as being of greatest importance. Collectively these three parts offer a brief, but wide-ranging introduction to many areas of mathematics, physics and modern computing science. In the process and without recourse to "higher mathematics", it introduces readers to the history of mathematics, algebra, number theory, finite and infinite series, trigonometry, calculus, statistics and a fair sprinkling of computational mathematics.
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Michael de Smith is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow and Teaching Fellow at University College London where he undertakes research, writing and lecturing in the field of data analysis and spatial information systems. Before recently returning to the academic world Dr de Smith ran a highly successful software engineering business for over 20 years. He studied at universities in the UK and Canada where he gained BSc degrees in both Mathematics and Geography, followed by an MA and PhD, both in spatial analysis. He has published papers on spatial statistics and computational methods in spatial analysis, is the lead author of the forthcoming Handbook of Spatial Analysis and acts as a reviewer for a range of academic journals.
Part I of the book provides foundation materials explaining the origins of our system of numbers and the notation used in mathematics. It then explores a number of familiar topics including the determination of times and distances, the structure of sound waves, the speed of light and gravity measurement. Part II takes the exploration process further, using the computer as a tool to investigate credit card and email security, digital photography, arithmetic by computers and the modelling of population dynamics. Part III concludes the exploration with details of a wide range of interesting numbers and number sequences, coupled with a little of the history for some of those that are regarded as being of greatest importance. Collectively these three parts offer a brief, but wide-ranging introduction to many areas of mathematics, physics and modern computing science. In the process and without recourse to "higher mathematics", it introduces readers to the history of mathematics, algebra, number theory, finite and infinite series, trigonometry, calculus, statistics and a fair sprinkling of computational mathematics.
About the Author
Michael de Smith is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow and Teaching Fellow at University College London where he undertakes research, writing and lecturing in the field of data analysis and spatial information systems. Before recently returning to the academic world Dr de Smith ran a highly successful software engineering business for over 20 years. He studied at universities in the UK and Canada where he gained BSc degrees in both Mathematics and Geography, followed by an MA and PhD, both in spatial analysis. He has published papers on spatial statistics and computational methods in spatial analysis, is the lead author of the forthcoming Handbook of Spatial Analysis and acts as a reviewer for a range of academic journals.
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