Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. Mathematics for Human Flourishing 1
5. How To Play Mathematics 19
6. Beauty Is Not All There Is to Aesthetics in Mathematics 33
7. The Science of Brute Force 46
8. Computational Thinking in Science 67
9. Quantum Questions Inspire New Math 78
10. Tangled Tangles 83
11. The Bizarre World of Nontransitive Dice: Games for Two or More Players 97
12. The Bingo Paradox 108
13. The Sleeping Beauty Controversy 117
14. Wigner’s “Unreasonable Effectiveness” in Context 130
15. Learning and Teaching Interdisciplinary Modeling 147
16. Six Essential Questions for Problem Solving 158
17. What Does Active Learning Mean for Mathematicians? 169
18. Written in Stone: The World’s First Trigonometry Revealed in an Ancient Babylonian Tablet 179
19. Quadrivium: The Structure of Mathematics as Described in Isidore of Seville’s Etymologies 185
20. The World War II Origins of Mathematics Awareness 197
21. The Writing Mathematician 205
22. Contributors 217
23. Notable Writings 227
24. Acknowledgments 247
25. Credits 249