Prelude to Mathematics
$31.14
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 June 1983
Summary
This lively, stimulating account of non-Euclidean geometry by a noted mathematician covers matrices, determinants, group theory, and many other related topics, with an emphasis on the subject’s novel, striking aspects.
“No mathematician can be a complete mathematician unless he is also something of a poet.” - K. Weierstrass
In this lively and stimulating account, noted mathematician and educator W. W. Sawyer (Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto) defines mathematics as “t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780486244013 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0486244016 |
| Author: | W.W. Sawyer |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Imprint: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 1983 |
| Weight: | 235g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 136mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Dover Books on Mathema 1.4tics |
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About The Author
W.W. Sawyer
W. W. Sawyer (1911-2008) was a prolific author who sought to make math interesting and accessible to all. He was a professor at the University of Toronto for more than three decades. Dover has reprinted his The Mathematician’s Delight, which has been in print continuously since 1943 and has sold over 500,000 copies.
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