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Mathematical Encounters of the Second Kind
Davis, Philip J. (Brown University, Usa)
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Description for Mathematical Encounters of the Second Kind
Hardback. Philip Davis is one of America's outstanding writers on the philosophy of science, and in this text he provides an informative portrayal of an occupation that is either not well understood or misconceived by those outside the profession. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
A number of years ago, Harriet Sheridan, then Dean of Brown University, organized a series oflectures in which individual faculty members described how it came about that they entered their various fields. I was invited to participate in this series and found in the invitation an opportunity to recall events going back to my early teens. The lecture was well received and its reception encouraged me to work up an expanded version. My manuscript lay dormant all these years. In the meanwhile, sufficiently many other mathematical experiences and encounters accumulated to make this little book. My 1981 lecture is the ... Read more
A number of years ago, Harriet Sheridan, then Dean of Brown University, organized a series oflectures in which individual faculty members described how it came about that they entered their various fields. I was invited to participate in this series and found in the invitation an opportunity to recall events going back to my early teens. The lecture was well received and its reception encouraged me to work up an expanded version. My manuscript lay dormant all these years. In the meanwhile, sufficiently many other mathematical experiences and encounters accumulated to make this little book. My 1981 lecture is the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Secaucus, United States
ISBN
9780817639396
SKU
V9780817639396
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Reviews for Mathematical Encounters of the Second Kind
"This is a truly fascinating story which ... provides an insight into the life of an outstanding scientific writer." —J. Usher, Mathematics Today "If I ever were stranded in an airport, bored silly and searching for someone to talk to, I think I'd like Phillip J. Davis to be stranded with me... Davis appears to have ... Read more