The Delicate Art of Brute Force
How to Compute It When You Can't Solve It
$37.75
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
23 June 2026
Summary
Confronted by a math problem of seemingly impenetrable difficulty, what can you do? In The Delicate Art of Brute Force, Paul Nahin shows how even if you can’t solve such a problem, you can still get an answer. The computational power of your own computer – the desktop in your home office, the laptop on your coffee table – can be deployed to overwhelm a problem’s complexity through a massive number-crunching assault. Nahin presents a series of apparently intractable math problems and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691267463 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691267464 |
| Author: | Paul J. Nahin |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 23 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“In many of [Nahin’s] books we find explicit computations that should trigger the interest of young students that could become possible scientists, engineers, or mathematicians in later life. The same acclaim holds for this book.”—Adhemar Bultheel, Newsletter of the Belgian Mathematical Society
“The Delicate Art of Brute Force is fascinating, in both its approach and content… . The book is so enjoyable that it makes the reader want to explore Nahin’s other books on mathematics and computing.” * Choice *
“Nahin writes in an engaging style, combining mathematical problems/puzzles, applications from science and engineering, historical anecdotes, and detailed computational investigations.”—Ciar´an Mac An Bhaird, Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin
Paul J. Nahin
Paul J. Nahin is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire, where he taught for thirty years. He is the author of many popular books on math and computers, including Digital Dice, Number-Crunching, and The Mathematical Radio.
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