Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
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- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2002
Summary
The aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we learn at school. The most fundamental differences are philosophical, and readers of this book will emerge with a clearer understanding of paradoxical-sounding concepts such as infinity, curved space, and imaginary numbers. The first few chapters are about general aspects of mathematical thought. These are followed by discussions of more specific topics, and the book closes with a chapter answering common sociological questions about the mathematical community (such as “Is it true that mathematicians burnout at the age of 25?”)
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192853615 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192853619 |
| Author: | Timothy Gowers |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2002 |
| Weight: | 141g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 113mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Critics Review
‘a marvellously lucid guide to the beauty and mystery of numbers’Gilbert Adair
`a marvellously lucid guide to the beauty and mystery of numbers’Gilbert Adair
Timothy Gowers
Timothy Gowers is Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University and was a recipient of a Fields Medal for Mathematics in 1998, awarded for ‘the most daring, profound and stimulating research done by young mathematicians’.
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