Mathematical Scandals - Couverture souple

Pappas, Theoni

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 188455010X ISBN 13 : 9781884550102

Editeur : Wide World Publishing,U.S., 1997

Synopsis

In this highly readable volume of vignettes of mathematical scandals and gossip, Theoni Pappas assembles 29 fascinating stories of intrigue and the bizarre -- in short, the human background of the history of mathematics. Might a haberdasher have changed Einstein's life? Why was the first woman mathematician murdered? How come there's no Nobel Prize in mathematics?

Mathematics is principally about numbers, equations, and solutions, all of them precise and timeless. But, behind this arcane matter lies the sometimes sordid world of real people, whose rivalries and deceptions are at odds with the mathematician's reputation for clear thinking and scientific detachment.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wide World Publishing,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 188455010X
• ISBN 13: 9781884550102
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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