Henry VII 42 hieroglyphics 89 Higgs Boson 357 Hilbert, David 182, 193, 194, 238 Hilbert Problems 196, 221 Hilbert’s 10th Problem 243, 253 Hilbert’s Hotel 182 Himalayas 55 hippocampus 11, 32 Hitler, Adolf 213 Hoane, Joe 5 Hodges, Wilfrid 150 H6f6i House 79, 80 Hofstadter, Douglas xi, 49, 310 Hogarth, Mark 280 Hole in the Wall Project 35 Holmes, Sherlock 148 hologram 290 Hong Kong 88 horizontal abstraction 266 Horn, John 29 Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey 102 Howell, Emily 7, 310 Hubble 348 Hulme, David 41 hunters and spears 181 hyper-communication 285-294, 293 audio field 291 bandwidth 288, 292 digitization 289, 293 reality 289 symbolic communication 293 hyper-computing 273 hypercube 241-244 hypotenuse 242
I
IBM 207, 224, 306
and Watson 8
Watson Research Laboratory 5 Ig Nobel Prize 365 imaging 99 IMAX theatre 287, 290, 293 Inception 50 inconsistency
in mathematics 204 inconsistency defense 207 incubation 1, 301 Indiana University 49 indirect proof 153, 158, 244
Index 411
infinity , 179, 280 history of 179 how to count 180 larger than infinity 185 Infinity Hotel 182 infrared light 102 innovator’s dilemma 306 insight 2 inspiration 2 instinctive reactions 109 Institute of Advanced Mathematics 212, 258 Intel 18, 224, 367 intelligence 25 fluid 29, 33 ‘G factors 29 grade inflation 32 human vs computing 75 physical basis of 30 quantitative numerical skills 30 static 32 time 29 vision 29 interaction 85 face-to-face 83 interferometer 326 International Congress of Mathematicians 196 International Mathematical Union 368 internet encryption 165, 277 internet protocol 267 intimation 2, 301 intuitive thinking 2 IP 267 iPad 319 iPhone 22, 238, 297 iPod 289 IQ 27, 33, 120 1Q Test 27 Iraq 87 Iraq war 80 Irvine 280 ISABEL 14 iTunes 130
J
Jabberwocky 135, 136 Jaeggi, Susanne 33 Japanese 87
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