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A Dingo Ate My Math Book: Mathematics from Down Under
Share this pageBurkard Polster; Marty Ross
A Dingo Ate My Math Book presents ingenious, unusual, and
beautiful nuggets of mathematics with a distinctly Australian
flavor. It focuses, for example, on Australians' love of sports and
gambling, and on Melbourne's iconic, mathematically inspired
architecture. Written in a playful and humorous style, the book offers
mathematical entertainment as well as a glimpse of Australian culture
for the mathematically curious of all ages.
This collection of engaging stories was extracted from the Maths
Masters column that ran from 2007 to 2014 in Australia's Age
newspaper. The maths masters in question are Burkard Polster and Marty
Ross, two (immigrant) Aussie mathematicians, who each week would write
about math in the news, providing a new look at old favorites,
mathematical history, quirks of school mathematics—whatever took
their fancy. All articles were written for a very general audience,
with the intention of being as inviting as possible and
assuming a minimum of mathematical background.
Readership
Undergraduate and graduate students and researchers interested in recreational math and Australia.
Reviews & Endorsements
A singularly amusing synthesis of cultural anthropolgy coupled with mathematical entertainment.
-- Tushar Das, Mathematical Intelligencer
This book is enjoyable and informative...definitely one for the masses.
-- Liz Lane-Harvard, Math Horizons
The articles are well written and quite often illustrated as well. They cover an enormous amount of ground but at an elementary enough level that the average reader will not want to stop reading the 253 pages until the end.
-- Paul F. Bracken, Mathematical Reviews
From the very title of this terrific book, the reader knows what's coming. It's the Aussies at work, or rather at play. And you gotta love it...This marvelous book is indeed full of all sorts of great stuff, from chatty articles...to puzzles, real (but generally accessible) mathematics, sundry biographical articles, and, of course, loads and loads of Australiana. I love this book, be it to browse or to read. And I can't imagine it failing to charm anyone.
-- Michael Berg, MAA Reviews
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
A Dingo Ate My Math Book: Mathematics from Down Under
- Cover Cover11
- Title page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Dedication v6
- Contents vii8
- Preface xi12
- Credits xiii14
- A day in Australia 116
- Sports rules! 2338
- Aussie heroes 4156
- Melbourne, city of mathematics 5974
- A lotto gambling 91106
- Keeping the bastards honest 105120
- Canned life 121136
- Money, money, money 133148
- Family life 141156
- Here, there and everywhere 149164
- TV snacks 161176
- The Australian math wars 181196
- The critics at work 207222
- Appendix 235250
- Back Cover Back Cover1273