Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation
(Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Forlag:
Princeton University Press
- Type: Bog
- Format: Paperback / softback
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Sprog:
Engelsk
- ISBN-13: 9780691175836
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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.
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| Forlag | Princeton University Press |
| Forfatter | Michael Harris |
| Type | Bog |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| Udgave | Revised ed |
| Udgivelsesdato | 30-05-2017 |
| Første udgivelsesår | 2017 |
| Illustrationer | 16 halftones. 34 line illus. |
| Originalsprog | United States |
| Sideantal | 464 |
| Indbinding | Paperback / softback |
| Forlag | Princeton University Press |
| Sideoplysninger | 464 pages, 16 halftones. 34 line illus. |
| Mål | 156 x 235 x 31 |
| ISBN-13 / EAN-13 | 9780691175836 |