The Handy Math Answer Book

Fisher’s Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection, 316 Haldane, John, 316 Human Genome Project, 317, 318 mathematical, 314–15 Me ...

Change (money), 409 Chaos theory, 34–35, 35 (ill.) Charlemagne, 46 Chaucer, Geoffrey, 93 Checkbook, 411–12 Chemical engineering, ...

balancing a checkbook, 411–12 bar codes, 412, 413 (ill.) change, 409 credit card, 413 currency exchange rate, 419 finance charge ...

Dependent axiomatic sys- tem, 116 Dependent variables, 135, 136 Derbyshire, John, 454 Derivatives, 222–28 Derivatives of simple ...

numerals used by, 12 problems with number system, 13–14 pyramids, 334–35 timekeeping, 56 Eiffel, Gustave, 337 Eiffel Tower, 337, ...

Existence theorems, 117 Explicit differential equa- tions, 232 Exponential equation, 149 Exponential function, 147, 148 (ill.), ...

Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, 155 Fundamental Theorem of the Calculus, 231 Furlong, 44 G Galen, 21 Galileo Galilei, 54, 252, 2 ...

Global positioning system (GPS), 303, 303 (ill.) Global Spectral Model, 314 Gnomon, 57, 61 Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golde ...

Hurricanes, 310–11 (table) Hutchings, Michael, 367 Huygens, Christiaan, 252–53, 253 (ill.) Hydrogen, 285–86 Hydrostatic principl ...

L La Mezquita Cathedral, 376 (ill.) The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century(Salsbur ...

Longitude, 415, 416, 416 (ill.) Lorenz, Edward Norton, 34 The Lost World: Jurassic Park(movie), 457 Lotka, Alfred James, 321 Lot ...

Maximal heart rate, 407 Maxwell, James Clerk, 279 Maxwell’s equations, 279 Mayans, 10, 158, 159 (ill.) Mean sea level, 303–4 Mea ...

Museum of the History of Science, 449–50 Museums, 448–50 Music, 378–80 Music of the spheres, 379–80 Mutually exclusive events, 2 ...

O Obelus, 95–96 Obtuse angle, 174 Obtuse triangle, 182, 182 (ill.) Octal system, 6 Odds, 428–31 Odin, 386–87 Ohm, Georg Simon, 2 ...

Pi in the Sky(online maga- zine), 459 Pi Mu Epsilon, 445 Piazzi, Giuseppe, 30 Pie chart, 264, 265 (ill.) Place value, 9, 72 Plan ...

repeatables, 253–54 sample space, 246, 249 set theory, 251 simple probability events, 246–47 stochastic, 248–49, 249 (ill.) subj ...

Resistor, 340 Resting heart rate, 406 Rhind, A. Henry, 14–15 Rhind papyrus, 101 Rhombus, 183 Richardson, Lewis Fry, 312 Richter, ...

Significant digits, 49 Simple derivatives, 223–24 Simple interest rate, 389 Simple probability events, 246–47 Simple random samp ...

Stock market financial indi- cators, 390–91 Stomachion, 423, 424 (ill.) Stonehenge, 335–36, 337 (ill.) Store discount, 409 Strai ...

U Unary operator, 110 Undefined term, 116 Undenary system, 6 Undergraduate degrees, 444 Uniform Crime Reports, 394 Union, 125 Un ...