Mathematicians do not like things which work only in base-10 it is only because we have ten fingers that we find that system interesting at all. Because mathematicians like the puzzles which work on the pure number rather than the symbolic digit and the system we happen to be writing our numbers down in, there is a sense that, when a puzzle works only in one given base, there is something rather, well, 'secind class' about it.
A maths puzzle is not complete when you merely find an answer, a maths puzzle is complete when you've then tried to generalize it to other situations as well-and minds including Leonard Euler and Lord Kelvin have excelled in mathematics by displaying just this kind of curiosity.
Mathematicians constantly want to find solutions and patterns which apply to as many situations as possible, i.e. To be honest, the book is pretty much this website but with the death of more trees.“This quest to take a problem and see what happens in different situations is called generalizing, and it is this force that drives mathematics forward. Try and get as much free value out of this site as possible. If you’ve not bought the book, that is also fine. If you have read something in the book and are disappointed to not find more about it here, send me an email and I’ll see what I can do. This website contains all sorts of downloads, links and online gadgets to supplement what is in the book. If you want an insight into the world of being a mathematician, while putting up with my dry jokes and hilarious chapter headings at the same time, this is the book for you! It contains some of my favourite bits of mathematics, complete with hands-on activities. But I seem to be most famous for my work on the Numberphile youtube channel.Īt last I’ve written a book: Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension.
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