books by Julian Havil

books by Julian Havil

books:

Julian Havil

Julian Havil

Princeton University Press, 2003

An excellent read!
Evidently some "reviewers" should be reviewing books involving simpler mathematics; they clearly didn't get what this book is about!! Havil's book is not really for the person in the street despite his introductory comments. You must have sufficient background to ...

Impossible?: Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums
Julian Havil

Princeton University Press, 2008

In Nonplussed! , popular-math writer Julian Havil delighted readers with a mind-boggling array of implausible yet true mathematical paradoxes. Now Havil is back with Impossible? , another marvelous medley of the utterly confusing, profound, and unbelievable--and all of it mathematically irrefutable. Whenever Forty-second Street in New York is ...

Nonplussed!: Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas

Julian Havil

Princeton University Press, 2007

Fascinating
This book will delight readers who like to get their hands into their math. Havil sticks to mostly elementary concepts, avoiding highly abstract fields that would lose most readers. When a subject could go too far afield, Havil warns about it and presents only the ...

GAMMA: Eulers Konstante, Primzahlstrände und die Riemannsche Vermutung
Julian Havil

Springer, 2007

Jeder kennt die Kreiszahl p = 3,14159?, viele kennen auch e = 2,71828?, die Basis der natürlichen Logarithmen, und die imaginäre Einheit i. Und dann? Die "viertwichtigste" Konstante ist die Eulersche Zahl g = 0,5772156?, benannt nach dem genialen Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). p und e sind transzendent, aber bis heute ist unbekannt, ob g eine ...