Things To Make And Do In The Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician's Journey Through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, At Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2014. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Parker's work occupies a particularly appealing place between popular science and serious mathematics. While many introductory mathematics books focus primarily on biography or history, Things To Make And Do In The Fourth Dimension invites readers to actively engage with mathematical ideas.....