Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths - Couverture rigide

Cheng, Eugenia

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1788169522 ISBN 13 : 9781788169523

Editeur : Profile Books Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers new ways to look at maths - focusing on questions, not answers

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Eugenia Cheng is a Pure Mathematician, Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Honorary Visiting Fellow of Pure Mathematics at City, University of London. A Cambridge graduate, she previously taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Chicago and Nice. She is also a concert pianist, fluent in French, and the author of several bestsellers, including How to Bake Pi and x + y.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

From imaginary numbers to the perplexing order of operations we all had drilled into us, Eugenia Cheng - mathematician, writer and woman on a mission to rid the world of maths phobia - brings us maths as we've never seen it before, revealing how profound insights can emerge from seemingly unlikely sources.

Written with intelligence and passion, Is Maths Real? is a celebration of the true, curious spirit of the discipline.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Profile Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1788169522
• ISBN 13: 9781788169523
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: PROFILE BOOKS; https://profilebooks.com/; ; 3 Holford Yard, Bevin Way; London; WC1X9HD; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible