Занимательная алгебра. Новое оформление

Kniga postroena kak serii͡a samostoi͡atelʹnykh mini-detektivov: "Astronomicheskie chisla", "Literaturnyĭ avtomat", "Zadacha Lʹva Tolstogo", "Sekret shakhmatnogo avtomata". Kazhdai͡a glava - ėto shchelchok v golove, posle kotorogo vy vli͡ubli͡aetesʹ v matematiku zanovo. Dazhe esli vy podzabyli shkolʹnui͡u programmu, Perelʹman mi͡agko "voskresit" vashi znanii͡a i pokazhet ikh skrytui͡u krasotu. Algebra povsi͡udu: v biologii (geometricheskai͡a progressii͡a saranchi), v muzyke (logarifmicheskai͡a gamma), v kriminalistike (vosstanovlenie zapiseĭ) i dazhe v parikmakherskom dele. I da, zdesʹ razoblachai͡ut gomeopatii͡u zadolgo do togo, kak ėto stalo meĭnstrimom. Zabudʹte o skuchnykh primerakh iz uchebnika. Vas zhdut golovolomki Lʹva Tolstogo, matematika razmnozhenii͡a krolikov, logarifmy v muzyke i neozhidannye zadachi iz parikmakherskoĭ. Ėto ne urok - ėto intellektualʹnyĭ kvest, posle kotorogo vy nachnete videtʹ stroĭnui͡u magii͡u uravneniĭ v kazhdoĭ kofevarke i zvezde na nebe.

The book is built as a series of independent mini-detectives: "Astronomical numbers", "Literary Automaton", "Leo Tolstoy's Problem", "The Secret of the chess automaton". Each chapter is a click in your head, after which you fall in love with mathematics all over again. Even if you have forgotten the school curriculum, Perelman will gently "resurrect" your knowledge and show its hidden beauty. Algebra is everywhere: in biology (geometric progression of locusts), in music (logarithmic scale), in criminology (record recovery) and even in hairdressing. And yes, homeopathy has been exposed here long before it became mainstream. Forget about boring textbook examples. Leo Tolstoy's puzzles, rabbit breeding math, logarithms in music, and unexpected barbershop challenges await you. This is not a lesson, but an intellectual quest, after which you will begin to see the harmonious magic of equations in every coffee maker and star in the sky.