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100 1 $aParker, Matt$c(Mathematician),$eauthor.
245 10 $aThings to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension :$ba Mathematician's Journey through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More /$cMatt Parker.
250 $aFirst American edition, 2014.
264 1 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus & Giroux,$c2014.
300 $a453 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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546 $aText in English.
500 $aOriginally published: London : Particular Books, 2014.
505 0 $aThe zeroth chapter -- Can you digit? -- Making shapes -- Be there and be square -- Shape shifting -- Shapes : now in ₃D -- Pack it up, pack it in -- Prime time -- Knot a problem -- Just for graphs -- The fourth dimension -- The algorithm method -- How to build a computer -- Number mash-ups -- Ridiculous shapes -- Higher dimensions -- Good data die hard -- ridiculous numbers -- To infinity and beyond -- The subsequent chapter -- The answers at the back of the book.
520 $aA mathematician and comedian offers games, puzzles, and hands-on activities to help those with a fear of math understand and enjoy the logical tools and abstract concepts of the subject normally only accessible at college-level study.
650 0 $aMathematics$vPopular works.
650 0 $aMathematics$vHumor.
650 0 $aMathematical recreations.
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