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STORIZEN EVENTS
HOT OF THE PRESS
Weird Maths: At the
Edge of Infinity and Beyond
by David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee
Explores the cutting edge of modern maths and delves
into fascinating questions that include:
Is anything truly random? Does infinity actually exist?
Can maths help us understand chaos?
Can chess be solved with maths?
If there are aliens and if they play music, would we like
it?
Weird Maths is a
lively, accessible, fun
book about
mathematics, the
maths that is all
around us, that
defines us, our
intelligence, our
curiosity. Agnijo has a
particular interest in
areas of maths that
developed in
India, most notably
number theory. In the
JULY 2018
Weird Maths series,
he has written about
the origins of zero
and the mathematics
of chess, both of
which have
strong Indian
connections, and the
life and achievements
of great Indian
mathematicians,
such as Brahmagupta
and Ramanujan. One
of his greatest
fascinations is with
large numbers,a topic
that has ancient
Indian roots in texts
such as Lalitavistara
Sutra and
Avatamsaka Sutra,
and that is dealt with
in a chapter of Weird
Maths called ‘The
Biggest Number of
All’.
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