In this highly readable volume of vignettes of mathematical scandals and gossip, Theoni Pappas assembles 29 fascinating stories of intrigue and the bizarre in short, the human background of the history of mathematics. Might a haberdasher have changed Einstein’s life? Why was the first woman mathematician murdered? How come there’s no Nobel Prize in mathematics?Mathematics is principally about numbers, equations, and solutions, all of them precise and timeless. But, behind this arcane matter lies the sometimes sordid world of real people, whose rivalries and deceptions are at odds with the mathematician’s reputation for clear thinking and scientific detachment.
Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 151 ● ISBN 9781884550515 ● Editura Wide World Publishing ● Publicat 1997 ● Descărcabil 3 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 7027261 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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