Twitter Math Book Challenge and Giveaway!

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To celebrate the publication of The Math Book, Cliff Pickover will give away 4 copies of the book to 4 Twitterers. The contest starts now, and we'll send out an autographed copy in Aug., Sept., Oct., and Nov., 2009. The "cost" of entry is simply a creative "tweet" that ends with http://bit.ly/mathb, which simply links back to this page. The tweet should start with a math "converstation starter," such as: A math quote, a puzzle, a paradox, a brain teaser, or your first date with a mathematician. A joke, or what turns you on about the idea of the math book or about math. Why math is sexy, scandalous, beautiful, mind-expanding. Or a mention of your favorite math/science twitterers Or why you love The Math Book even though you hate math. Sample Hot Math Tweets "Math is radical!" ~Bumper Sticker http://bit.ly/mathb "Trigonometry is a sine of the times." ~written on restroom wall http://bit.ly/mathb "Pure mathematics is the poetry of logical ideas." ~Albert Einstein http://bit.ly/mathb "I am the thought you are now thinking." ~Douglas Hofstadter http://bit.ly/mathb My favorite science/math twitterers: @MarcusduSautoy @drkiki http://bit.ly/mathb Don't limit yourself to quotes. You can even post strange puzzles, such as: "If this rabbit weighs ten pounds plus half its own weight, how much does it weigh?" http://bit.ly/mathb Remember, be sure to end your math tweet with http://bit.ly/mathb so we can find it! See the Math Tweets People are Tweeting! Click this special bird to see people's Math Book tweets: If you're logged on to twitter, click now! (If the little bird doesn't work, simply search for http://bit.ly/mathb.) Enjoy the fun. In The Math Book, I trace 250 achievements like ancient ant "odometers," the first abacus, the discovery of computer-generated fractals, and the quest for new dimensions. Here also are remarkable thinkers from Pythagoras and Euclid to modern-day math icon Martin Gardner and cosmologist Max Tegmark. Chronologically organized, each entry is short enough to digest in a few minutes and is presented along with a striking full-color image. After gathering together numerous favorite math tweets, the choice of winners will be made via the tumbles of a 100-sided die known as a Zocchihedron. Follow Dr. Cliff Pickover on Twitter. Return to Pickover's main web page. Information on Pickover's other books.

@uclaresearcher: "Mobius diapers keep the poop outside!" - http://tinyurl.com/krpjkm - http://bit.ly/mathb
@yoak: "What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter? Pumpkin Pi." http://bit.ly/mathb
@Gelada: "The square root of two is radical." http://bit.ly/mathb
@TheRealDan: "My favorite math twitterers are @numberbabe and @pickover, who has a beautiful new Math Book": http://bit.ly/mathb
@jwmitch: "Math is like sex: the older you get, the more you appreciate being able to do it well." http://bit.ly/mathb

@NewAlexandria: "Mathematics for sharing physical pleasure in a group ;)" http://bit.ly/pIh4p and http://bit.ly/mathb
@pfanderson: "I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful nothing is." ~Paul Erdös. #math http://bit.ly/mathb
@christophil: "3 min. TED talk by math czar -promotes math education." http://tinyurl.com/ryt8kg http://bit.ly/mathb
@tejaKrasek: Hot Math Book for hot Summer to make your brains sexier. Wanna get it? Tweet about it http://bit.ly/mathb
@ProfJjC: @pickover In Soviet Russia, can 0 divide by you? http://bit.ly/mathb

@gaknudsen: Submitting a math joke to Pickover: What's the square root of 69 ? Ans. Eight some!! http://bit.ly/mathb
@servanti Why is there no Nobel Prize in Mathematics? http://tinyurl.com/n2hoap http://bit.ly/mathb
@chris_benson: Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven ate nine. http://bit.ly/mathb
@servanti @pickover The Dullness of 1729 http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath028.htm http://bit.ly/mathb
@CGoodmanStrauss As Kronecker might have said: What's so real about the real numbers? http://bit.ly/mathb

@indieauthor If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the equation. http://bit.ly/mathb
@MatthewGodwin "Anyone who uses arithmetic methods to produce random numbers is in a state of sin." --von Neumann http://bit.ly/mathb
@servanti “Mathematics is made of 50 percent formulas, 50 percent proofs, and 50 percent imagination.” http://bit.ly/mathb
@skyponderer How romantic: "I wish I was (sin x)^2 and you were (cos x)^2 so together we could be one." http://bit.ly/mathb
@danwhnt Getting sexier: "I wish I were your derivative so I could lie tangent to your curves".http://bit.ly/mathb

@drrohe: "Parsing her lips at my advice to add math to her calculations; I subtracted the theorem while she multiplied risks." http://bit.ly/mathb
@servanti: "3 out of 4 Americans make up 75% of the population." I wish I had said this! http://bit.ly/mathb
@danisaac: When I was a young boy, I had an imaginary number. http://bit.ly/mathb
@Gelada: If you have sufficiently advanced maths you probably have no need for psychedelic drugs. http://bit.ly/mathb
@KateSherrod: "Mystical additions and subtractions always come out the way you want." - Umberto Eco http://bit.ly/mathb #PickoverPickMe

@jdyer I'm a fan of "The Zen of Magic Squares," so I'm fine with this @pickover plug for his new book: http://bit.ly/mathb
@numberbabe rt @mhsteger: Mathematical LEGO Sculptures: http://www.andrewlipson.com #math http://bit.ly/mathb
@numberbabe: #edtech #math @pickover http://bit.ly/mathb #gifted #education #mathchat
@numberbabe: rt @reiver: "2 to the power of infinity" http://tr.im/vGTU #math http://bit.ly/mathb
@MariaDroujkova: Make math your own, to make your own math. http://bit.ly/mathb

@dmitrybrant: Assumption 1: Mathematics is the language of nature. http://bit.ly/mathb
@dmitrybrant: If Euler is pronounced "oiler", how would you pronounce Euclid?... http://bit.ly/mathb
@servanti: "The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again." -unknown http://bit.ly/mathb
@adrianlangton: I've learned more about math from good books than from my high school math teacher http://bit.ly/mathb

@jamesmcn: There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who think math is just arithmetic and everyone else http://bit.ly/mathb @pickover
@alfonsofr: Pickover discovers the unseen inside of the Mandelbrot set in this video http://bit.ly/r4jcd See http://bit.ly/mathb
@RavenscarDkhope: Although quadratic equations give me nightmares, I developed a way to multiply and divide using number patterns. http://bit.ly/mathb
@jamesmcn: There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who think math is just arithmetic and everyone else http://bit.ly/mathb @pickover
@pickover: “The mathematician’s job is to transport us to new seas, while deepening the waters and lengthening horizons.” http://bit.ly/mathb

@joaovc: rt @irra_k: Awesome mayan mathematics: http://bit.ly/JVWMO @harry2989 http://bit.ly/mathb (via @numberbabe)
@RDGluck: For the number lovers and math addicts out there, prolific polymath Cliff Pickover strikes again: http://bit.ly/mathb
@CtCw_BIGTOE: How many marbles can you put into an empty bag? http://bit.ly/mathb
@Adriana_Raven: RT @pickover Rubik's Cube Cake. http://bit.ly/2UvFyA http://bit.ly/mathb
@fredricktoo RT @pickover:The ants' semifluid secretions reveal a perfect working model of the divine ideal. -DeLillo http://bit.ly/mathb

@charmqgp RT @pickover @numberbabe @ak1010 @pcapr @netfortius Beauty in mathematics: found functions! http://bit.ly/NS9N2 @nikkigraziano
@JLC23: "Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent. " Pythagoras (572-497 B.C. E) http://bit.ly/mathb
@JLC23: "I don't believe in mathematics. " Albert Einstein (1879-1955) http://bit.ly/mathb
@JLC23: http://bit.ly/mathb "Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language." Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947)
@JLC23: EGYPTIAN MATHEMATICS PAPYRI mathematics problems ~1850 BC http://tinyurl.com/l735bs http://bit.ly/mathb

@JLC23: PI AND THE GREAT PYRAMID http://bit.ly/Rjp99 http://bit.ly/mathb
@DarkPhilosopher: How many marbles can you put into an empty bag? http://bit.ly/mathb
@Bobweb2: "What proportion of all integers contain the digit 3?" (Pickover, "Keys To Infinity" Chapter 1) http://bit.ly/mathb
@zagrrl: Nominating @jamesmcn 4 insite that Infinite sets DO have cardinality, but u need 2 try harder than infinity + 1 http://bit.ly/mathb *WOW!!!*
@jamesmcn: Math: without it, how would you count your #benjamins? http://bit.ly/mathb

@LillyLyle: RT @pickover Sex is the mathematics urge sublimated. - mathematician M. C. Reed http://bit.ly/mathb
@hoomansamani: How mathematician markets his book! Visit: http://bit.ly/mathb
@justhour: An extroverted mathematician is the one looking at the other person’s shoes http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: Go down deep enough into anything and you will find mathematics. ~Dean Schlicter http://bit.ly/mathb
@abatheguy: If The Math Book was on Kindle, it should come with a special feature where it would take the reader to a random article http://bit.ly/mathb

@grcr: Mathematicians take it to the limit. http://bit.ly/mathb
@DrKarenS: Marvel at images of the math of the brain - BrainPaint http://bit.ly/180Htc Want more? Explore http://bit.ly/mathb
@ebwolf: Wanted to study maps. Must have had a lisp. Got a degree in Math! http://bit.ly/mathb
@straind: Reading about The Math Book: "From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics" see-> http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit." -- Alfred North Whitehead http://bit.ly/mathb

@silsb33: "A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there." -- Charles Darwin http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "There is geometry in the humming of the string." -- Pythagoras http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul. -- Sophia Kovalevskaya http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "Do not worry too much about your difficulties in mathematics, I can assure you that mine are still greater."--Einstein http://bit.ly/mathb
@IQXS: What kind of food do mathematicians eat? >> Square meals! Count me in! WE love MATH! http://bit.ly/mathb

@silsb33: "The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit." -- Alfred North Whitehead http://bit.ly/mathb
@EFL_Guy: The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. ~Euclid http://bit.ly/mathb
@EFL_Guy: likes math..... http://bit.ly/mathb
@danisaac: I like the infinite monkey theorem. http://tinyurl.com/cs372a http://bit.ly/mathb
@Tsaron: One is the loneliest number. 2 is the only number that gives the same result added to itself as it does times by itself http://bit.ly/mathb

@silsb33: Zombie outbreak would be 'disastrous': mathematicians http://ff.im/-8mo1Y (via @SavageMike) http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are more or less solved." -- Henri Poincare http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "The advancement and perfection of mathematics are intimately connected with the prosperity of the state." -- Napoleon http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity, I do not understand it myself any more." -- Einstein http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "The arithmetic of life does not always have a logical answer." -- Inshirah Abdur-Rauf http://bit.ly/mathb

@silsb33: “Mathematics is an independent world created out of pure intelligence.” -- Wordsworth, William http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "The notion of infinity is our greatest friend; it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind." -- James Pierpont http://bit.ly/mathb
silsb33: "Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way." -- George Polya http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "The most powerful single idea in mathematics is the notion of a variable." -– K. Dewdney http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which however the margin is not large enough to contain." -- Fermat http://bit.ly/mathb

@silsb33: "I never got a pass mark in math..Just imagine -mathematicians now use my prints to illustrate their books."-M.C. Escher http://bit.ly/mathb
@rebellionkid: The amount of points (real numbers) on the number line 0-1 is 2 to the power of the amount of whole numbers 1-infinity http://bit.ly/mathb
@hemantmehta: What should I read first? The new Dawkins' book, The Lost Symbol, or this tantalizing one... http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "But don't panic. Base 8 is just like Base 10 really. If you're missing two fingers." -- Tom Lehrer http://bit.ly/mathb

@danisaac: In the binary system we count on our fists instead of on our fingers. ~Anon http://bit.ly/mathb
@ danisaac: Infinity is a floorless room without walls or ceiling. ~Anon http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: Surprises in Mathematics and Theory (via @rjlipton) http://bit.ly/4CBL2r (RT @bakhvalov) http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: "The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit." -- Alfred North Whitehead http://bit.ly/mathb
@danisaac: Mathematics and breakfast reading. http://tinyurl.com/movutf http://bit.ly/mathb

@_mark: According to Tegmark's theory (and Stewy from Family Guy) in an alternate universe I'm smarter than Dr. Cliff Pickover! http://bit.ly/mathb
@banzeramidy: "As mortals (numbers), we're ruled by conditions (equations), not by ourselves (expressions)." -Bodhidharma http://bit.ly/mathb
@silsb33: Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not.-GH Hardy http://bit.ly/mathb
@_mark: #Science - @pickover Symphony of Science: http://hollywooddigital.tumblr.com/ | Any Got Links 2 Sci/Math Vids of You? : http://bit.ly/mathb

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