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The Mathematical Universe
William Dunham
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Description for The Mathematical Universe
Hardcover. "Dunham writes for nonspecialists, and they will enjoy his piquant anecdotes and amusing asides -- Booklist "Artfully, Dunham conducts a tour of the mathematical universe.. he believes these ideas to be accessible to the audience he wants to reach, and he writes so that they are. Num Pages: 314 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
"Dunham writes for nonspecialists, and they will enjoy his piquantanecdotes and amusing asides -- Booklist
"Artfully, Dunham conducts a tour of the mathematical universe. . .he believes these ideas to be accessible to the audience he wantsto reach, and he writes so that they are." -- Nature
"If you want to encourage anyone's interest in math, get them TheMathematical Universe."
* New Scientist
"Dunham writes for nonspecialists, and they will enjoy his piquantanecdotes and amusing asides -- Booklist
"Artfully, Dunham conducts a tour of the mathematical universe. . .he believes these ideas to be accessible to the audience he wantsto reach, and he writes so that they are." -- Nature
"If you want to encourage anyone's interest in math, get them TheMathematical Universe."
* New Scientist
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471536567
SKU
V9780471536567
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99-50
About William Dunham
WILLIAM DUNHAM, Ph.D., is the Truman Koehler Professor of Mathematics at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The author of the acclaimed Journey Through Genius, he was awarded the 1993 George Polya Award of the Mathematical Association of America for excellence in expository writing about mathematics. He is also the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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