{"id":11756,"date":"2015-08-25T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xmau.com\/wp\/notiziole\/?p=11756"},"modified":"2015-08-12T14:49:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T12:49:58","slug":"_slicing-pizzas-racing-turtles-and-further-adventures-in-applied-mathematics_-libro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xmau.com\/notiziole\/2015\/08\/25\/_slicing-pizzas-racing-turtles-and-further-adventures-in-applied-mathematics_-libro\/","title":{"rendered":"_Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics_ (libro)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xmau.com\/notiziole\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/08\/9780691154992.jpg?resize=117%2C180\" alt=\"[copertina]\" width=\"117\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11737\" \/>Con questo secondo libro di Robert Banks (Robert B. Banks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.it\/dp\/0691154996?tag=notizioledima-21\"><em>Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics<\/em><\/a>, Princeton University Press 2012 [1999],  pag. 304, $18.95, ISBN 9780691154992) ho forse capito qual \u00e8 la logica sottostante: un ossimoro, considerando che stavolta Banks era rimasto a corto di esempi prettamente fisici ed \u00e8 dovuto affidarsi alla matematica per completare il testo. Pi\u00f9 che un libro di divulgazione matematica, \u00e8 infatti un libro per professori &#8211; a questo punto non saprei nemmeno definire a che livello, considerando che spesso \u00e8 necessario un po&#8217; di calcolo differenziale &#8211; che vogliano presentare qualcosa di diverso ai propri studenti. Preso da questo punto di vista, il libro \u00e8 in effetti interessante: allo stesso tempo, ci\u00f2 per\u00f2 significa che non \u00e8 poi il massimo da leggere se si ha voglia di scoprire qualcosa di divertente.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>metadivulgazione<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center 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