Mathematics without Apologies

Autori

• Michael Harris

Parametri

• 438 pagine
• 16 ore di lettura

• Biografie
• Saggistica
• Scienza
• Scienze sociali
• Storia

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What do pure mathematicians do, and why do they do it? Looking beyond the conventional answers--for the sake of truth, beauty, and practical applications--this book offers an eclectic panorama of the lives and values and hopes and fears of mathematicians in the twenty-first century, assembling material from a startlingly diverse assortment of scholarly, journalistic, and pop culture sources.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2015

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