The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities

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Illustrated
1997
$19.84

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. -- Nature

If you want to encourage anyone's interest in math, get them The Mathematical Universe.
New Scientist

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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. -- Nature

If you want to encourage anyone's interest in math, get them The Mathematical Universe.
New Scientist

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 04 Feb 1997
ISBN 10: 0471176613
ISBN 13: 9780471176619

Author Bio

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.