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Math Bytes
Author: Tim P. Chartier
language: en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: 2014-04-06
An inviting collection of fun, hands-on applications in mathematics and computing This book provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simpson’s method for disproving Fermat’s Last Theorem? Each topic in this refreshingly inviting book illustrates a famous mathematical algorithm or result--such as Google’s PageRank and the traveling salesman problem--and the applications grow more challenging as you progress through the chapters. But don’t worry, helpful solutions are provided each step of the way. Math Bytes shows you how to do calculus using a bag of chocolate chips, and how to prove the Euler characteristic simply by doodling. Generously illustrated in color throughout, this lively and entertaining book also explains how to create fractal landscapes with a roll of the dice, pick a competitive bracket for March Madness, decipher the math that makes it possible to resize a computer font or launch an Angry Bird--and much, much more. All of the applications are presented in an accessible and engaging way, enabling beginners and advanced readers alike to learn and explore at their own pace--a bit and a byte at a time.
Math Bytes
Author: Tim P. Chartier
language: en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: 2014-04-06
An inviting collection of fun, hands-on applications in mathematics and computing This book provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter kill a movie's opening weekend? How can you use mathematics to find your celebrity look-alike? What is Homer Simpson’s method for disproving Fermat’s Last Theorem? Each topic in this refreshingly inviting book illustrates a famous mathematical algorithm or result--such as Google’s PageRank and the traveling salesman problem--and the applications grow more challenging as you progress through the chapters. But don’t worry, helpful solutions are provided each step of the way. Math Bytes shows you how to do calculus using a bag of chocolate chips, and how to prove the Euler characteristic simply by doodling. Generously illustrated in color throughout, this lively and entertaining book also explains how to create fractal landscapes with a roll of the dice, pick a competitive bracket for March Madness, decipher the math that makes it possible to resize a computer font or launch an Angry Bird--and much, much more. All of the applications are presented in an accessible and engaging way, enabling beginners and advanced readers alike to learn and explore at their own pace--a bit and a byte at a time.
Spinning the Web
Author: Yuval Fisher
language: en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date: 2012-12-06
This book is written for: • anyone who wants to serve information on the WWW. The book contains detailed instructions on how to fetch, configure, and administer the most popular WWW server programs. The server chapter is separated into sections that discuss how to set up common configurations and sections that serve as references for all the directives that control server behavior. • anyone who wants to maintain a secure WWW site. The book discusses how to create a secure site. It covers inse cure configurations of servers, browsers, and scripts, and it gives a list of measures that reduce the likelihood of a security breach. • anyone who wants to create information to be served on the WWW. HTML is the language used to create WWW pages, and almost all the variations, extensions, and fla~ vors of HTML are discussed in the book. Two chapters, introductory and advanced, teach HTML by example, and an extensive reference chapter contains all ofHTML 2, all the HTML 3 that is implemented or proposed as of the writ ing of this book, and Netscape Navigator 2 and Spyglass Enhanced Mosaic extensions. It's comprehensive. • anyone who wants to create state-of-the art WWW docu ments. The book discusses how to include images, sounds, and video in documents; how to store and manipulate im ages for optimal effect - for example, rapid transmission vii ~ii ________________________________________________ P_~_rn_c_e over the network; and how to use scripts, both simple and sophisticated.