目錄:選讀16 NUMBER AND NUMERALS
參考譯文數(shù)和數(shù)字
閱讀練習(xí)1 Lost in Hyperspace
閱讀練習(xí)2 Polygonal Numbers
選讀17 FRACTIONAL NUMBERS(I)
參考譯文分?jǐn)?shù)(I)
閱讀練習(xí)1 Even Perfect Numbers
閱讀練習(xí)2 Mathematics and Music
選讀18 FRACTIONAL NUMBERS(Ⅱ)
參考譯文分?jǐn)?shù)(Ⅱ)
閱讀練習(xí)1 A CheckerboardCalculator
閱讀練習(xí)2 The Four Color MapProblem
選讀19 THE METHOD OF LIMITS
參考譯文極限法
閱讀練習(xí)1The Tower of Hanoi
閱讀練習(xí)2 Sequences
選讀20 LIMITS AND INFINITY
參考譯文極限和無(wú)窮大
閱讀練習(xí)1 The Golden Triangle
閱讀練習(xí)2 Cards, Frogs, and Fractal Sequences
選讀21 FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS IN PLANEANALYTIC GEOMETRY
參考譯文平面解析幾何中的基本概念
閱讀練習(xí)1 Isaac Newton( 1642-1727)
閱讀練習(xí)2 Constructing Hypocycloid and EpicycloidCircular Envelopes
選讀22 CONIC SECTIONS
參考譯文錐線(xiàn)
閱讀練習(xí)1 The Klein Bottle
閱讀練習(xí)2 Euler's Formula
選讀23 THE GRAPHICAL SOLUTION OF LINEAR SYSTEMS
參考譯文線(xiàn)性系統(tǒng)的圖解
閱讀練習(xí)1 The Game of Nim
閱讀練習(xí)2 The Parabolic Envelope
選讀24 MATHEMATICS AS-A LANGUAGE OFSCIENCE
參考譯文作為科學(xué)語(yǔ)言的數(shù)學(xué)
閱讀練習(xí)1 Counting Divisors
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選讀 25 THE CONCEPT OF FUNCTION, VARIABLE AND CONSTANTS
選讀 26 FUNCTIONS
選讀 27 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NUMBER SYSTEM(I)
選讀 28 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NUMBER SYSTEM(II)
選讀 29 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NUMBER SYSTEM(III)
選讀 30 THE BC ERA: COMPUTERS BEFORE THEIR TIME