Ian Stewart Livres

La biologie a connu cinq révolutions : le microscope, la classification de Linné, la théorie de l'évolution, les découvertes du gène et de la structure de l'ADN. Une sixième révolution est en marche : on la doit aux mathématiques. Grâce à elles, la biologie n'a jamais été aussi près d'élucider les mystères du vivant. Avec un enthousiasme communicatif, Ian Stewart décrit les passerelles qui existent entre la théorie des graphes et la classification des êtres vivants, la géométrie en dimension quatre et la forme des virus, la théorie des jeux et les stratégies de la reproduction... Vous découvrirez le lien entre les lapins, un célèbre mathématicien italien et les pétales de fleur, et comprendrez enfin pourquoi la queue d'un animal tacheté peut être zébrée alors que celle d'un animal zébré ne peut en aucun cas être tachetée... Etonnant, non ?

A collection of Ian Stewart's recreational columns from Pour la Science, which demonstrate his ability to bring modern maths to life.

Introduces the power of today's transactional analysis and present the ideas of current TA in straightforward, readable language, with a wealth of illustrative examples.

Offering a comprehensive introduction to transactional analysis (TA), this book covers essential concepts and techniques in a clear and accessible manner. With over 25,000 copies sold since its first edition, it serves as a valuable resource for those seeking to understand interpersonal communication and personal development through the lens of TA.

A strange two-dimensional world inhabited by lines, triangles, squares, and circles who live as earthlings do: studying, working, bearing children, etc.

The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ability but not real understanding or greater intellectual independence. The new edition of this classic work seeks to address this problem. Its goal is to put the meaning back into mathematics. "Lucid . . . easily understandable".--Albert Einstein. 301 linecuts.

The year is 1835, and two strangers on the murky banks of the Union Canal make boatmaster James Ross a proposition. They will give him a pound in return for an alibi. Should anyone ask, they have been aboard his vessel all night. Ross glimpses their mud-spattered shoes. What have they been doing?A century later, Dalmuir couple Edith and Charles Hunter set off on a wintry evening walk along the Forth and Clyde. Minutes later cries of distress are heard from the banks, but the Hunters have gone. A police search soon becomes a sensational murder case.Scotland’s major canals, from the Highlands to the Lowlands, all feature in the annals of crime. In this fascinating new history T.A. Stewart reveals how assailants and thieves, and even kidnappers and terrorists, have been drawn to the waterways to practise their black arts.

Approaches mathematics using an assortment of puzzles and problems and the metaphorical structure of a maze

The transition from school to university mathematics is seldom straightforward. Students are faced with a disconnect between the algorithmic and informal attitude to mathematics at school, versus a new emphasis on proof, based on logic, and a more abstract development of general concepts, based on set theory. This book bridges the divide.