The magic of numbers is the foundation of all the achievements of civilization. Thanks to complex calculations, airplanes move through the air, and cars and trains rush along the earth on different routes. Using the mathematical component, spacecraft fly, statistical forecasts and business plans are made, atomic energy is tamed. This master of the exact and natural sciences dominates even in such disciplines as linguistics and medicine. You can learn more about the possibilities of number magic from the book “Mathematical Component”. It reveals to the reader many tricks and secrets that have become the basis of the laws of surrounding reality, and also talks about the use of graphs and formulas in various fields of activity.
The world through the eyes of a mathematician
Most people do not even think about the fact that any material objects, occurring events and natural phenomena can be described using abstract concepts. But professionals in this area think very differently.
Creating their work on the mathematical component, Andreev, Konovalov and Panyunin - the editors of the book - decided to change the existing opinion. The result was a fascinating guide for people who want to subtly feel the mechanisms of the device of our world.
An inexperienced reader has the opportunity to understand that the modern mathematical apparatus has been built for centuries through fundamental research. And for its successful application in practice, years and decades of complex experiments were required.
Talent talk about difficult
One of the editors of the book "Mathematical Component" - a prominent scientist Nikolai Andreev from childhood showed interest in the exact sciences. A little later he graduated from Moscow State University, studied in graduate school and defended his thesis. Then he worked at the Steklov Institute. He did a lot to promote and popularize mathematics, created his own website, where he posted fascinating articles and stories about scientific truths, visualizing a variety of subjects.
For his work, he was awarded the Presidential Prize in 2010 and the Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2017. This person has many talents, but the main one is the ability to tell the audience about complex, complicated things in an incredibly simple and accessible language. Conscious with the famous scientists Sergei Konovalov and Nikita Panyunin of “The Mathematical Component”, he only continued the work of propagating the scientific discipline he loved so much.
Promotion of complex truths
In an effort not to alienate the reader, the authors deliberately avoided texts with complex theorems and obscure formulations. A popular style full of descriptions and colorful images was chosen for presentation. This is a colorful kaleidoscope of plots with the mention of famous names, theories, discoveries and formulas.
Introducing the audience to the mathematical component, Andreev and colleagues offer an exceptionally special look at the surrounding reality. In fact, the authors of the book are almost two dozen. These include academics, doctors, candidates, well-known scientists. The names of all the creators are listed on the first pages of the publication.
Color code
The book is divided into three parts. Moreover, each of them, for the colorful perception and the best assimilation by the reader of what is written, has its own color code:
- The “blue” part, composed of short texts, is intended to prove the urgent need for mathematics for the existence and development of human civilization.
- "Green" is a selection of a kind of scientific folklore in the processing of editors. All stories tell about the mathematical component in everyday life. In these sections, you should not even look for formulas, they simply do not exist. This once again proves that the book is designed for the widest range of inquisitive readers. They can be politicians, statesmen, humanities, ordinary workers, prominent scientists, that is, representatives of all professions, even schoolchildren.
- The “red” part was written for a more serious audience, here the authors are trying to find people who are really interested and enthusiastic about this topic as literary interlocutors.
Internet and math
At first glance, the World Wide Web is built spontaneously. Filling content and indicating links as links between sections of the Internet is not subject to strict laws and is not controlled by anyone. This complex system, consisting of "free" elements, it would seem, simply can not have a mathematical component, succumbing to rigorous calculations. But professionals think differently.
The authors of the publication present the Network in the form of a graph. It has its peaks that represent Internet sites, and its edges are hyperlinks. The resulting web graph resulting from accurate reflection is a real monster with billions of edges and vertices. This is a practically living creature that is constantly changing, supplementing and evolving. It is the Internet that is narrated by one of the most interesting sections of the “Mathematical Component”, which arouses keen interest among readers, especially active users of the Web and content creators.
From Euclid to Lobachevsky
Natural sciences are engaged, as is known, in the study of natural phenomena not related to the manifestation of human will. The principles of philosophical naturalism involve the use of the knowledge and laws of the world around us for the benefit of civilization. Mathematics is not accepted as a natural discipline. Together with logic, it unites into a community of formal sciences. This is only a tool on the basis of which a person learns the laws of nature.
From the very first pages of the book described, the reader has the opportunity to learn about the role of the mathematical component in the study of natural sciences, when the most abstract and crazy, at first glance, theories suddenly became fundamental for solving complex and most useful practical problems. The benefits of the “eccentricities” of geniuses become apparent. There are enough examples in the book. One has only to show interest and view its fascinating pages.