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كتاب شهر مايو 2016: “مواضيع ما وراء السحر” Metamagical Themas
كتاب شهر مايو 2016: “مواضيع ما وراء السحر” Metamagical Themas – تأليف : دوغلاس هوفستادتر Douglas Hofstadter – الطبعة الأولى : عام 1985 من قبل دار “بيزك بوك” Basic Books. متوفر في نسخة مجلدة وبورق عادي. ومتاح أيضا باللغة الفرنسية … Continue reading
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كتاب شهر أبريل/ نيسان 2016 : “كيف نكذب عبر الإحصائيات” How To Lie With Statistics
كتاب شهر أبريل/ نيسان 2016 : “كيف نكذب عبر الإحصائيات” How To Lie With Statistics – تأليف : داريل هوفDarrell Huff ، – في عام 1993، أعاد نورتون Norton إصدار هذا الكتاب الذي عرف طبعته الأولى عام 1954. نلاحظ أن … Continue reading
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كتاب شهر مارس/ آذار 2016: “العلوم الدقيقة في العصور القديمة” The Exact Sciences in Antiquity
كتاب شهر مارس/ آذار 2016: “العلوم الدقيقة في العصور القديمة” The Exact Sciences in Antiquity – تأليف أوتو نوجباور Otto Neugebauer – الطبعة الثانية نشرت عام 1957 من قبل مطبعة جامعة براونBrown ، ثم نشرتها دار دوفر Dover عام 1969. … Continue reading
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كتاب شهر فبراير 2016 : “e : قصة عدد” e: The Story of a Number
كتاب شهر فبراير 2016 : “e : قصة عدد” e: The Story of a Number – تأليف إيلي مانور Eli Manor. – الطبعة لأولى عام 1993، وهي متاحة ورقيا (ورق وغلاف عادي) في مكتبة العلوم بجامعة برينستون Princeton (الولايات المتحدة). … Continue reading
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How do I Solve this Equation? Look at the Symmetries! – The Idea behind Galois Theory
Originating author is Timo Leuders. Introduction There are some questions that accompany the development of mathematics through cultures and ages. One of these questions is how to find an unknown quantity of which one knows some relations such as – … Continue reading
Mathematical Impressions
June’s Site of the Month is: Mathematical Impressions A series of video presentations of mathematical phenomena, and discussion of their properties. These videos by geometer George Hart are part of the Simons Foundation scientific outreach. George Hart’s work can be … Continue reading
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On-Line Encyclopaedia of Integer Sequences
May’s Site of the Month is the On-Line Encyclopaedia of Integer Sequences. The wiki-page is available in over 50 languages. This site of over a quarter of a million sequences allows you to enter the first integers of any sequence … Continue reading
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Metamagical Themas
May’s Book of the Month is Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter. First published in 1985 by Basic Books, available in hardback and paperback. Also available in French under the title Ma Thémagie (InterEditions, 1988). Our second ever Book of the … Continue reading
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TEDEd Lessons Worth Sharing
April’s Site of the Month is: TEDEd Lessons Worth Sharing TEDEd Lessons are short (~4mins) video clips, and the ones on mathematics include several riddles, plus unusual uses of mathematics. There are also some conventional clips such as “The Secrets … Continue reading
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Livro do Mês: Como Mentir com a Estatística
Livro do Mês de abril é Como Mentir com a Estatística de Darrell Huff. Com um prefácio de Dinis Pestana, Professor de Estatística da Universidade de Lisboa – «Mentiras, Mentiras do Caraças e Estatística» «A juventude não é uma questão … Continue reading
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