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

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Illustrated
1994
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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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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: 30 Aug 1994
ISBN 10: 0471536563
ISBN 13: 9780471536567

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.