Mircea Pitici

The Best Writing on Mathematics

Herausgeber: Pitici, Mircea

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2014 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else--and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2014 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else--and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• 2014 edition
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780691164175
• ISBN-10: 0691164177
• Artikelnr.: 40820331

Autorenporträt

Edited by Mircea Pitici

Rezensionen

Praise for previous editions: "[A] volume of unexpectedly fascinating mathematical research, musings, and studies that explore subjects from art to medicine. . . . [R]eaders from many disciplines will find much to pique their interest."-- Publishers Weekly