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Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation Revised edition
Michael Harris
Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation Revised edition
Michael Harris
What do pure mathematicians do, and why do they do it? Looking beyond the conventional answers--for the sake of truth, beauty, and practical applications--this book offers an eclectic panorama of the lives and values and hopes and fears of mathematicians in the twenty-first century, assembling material from a startlingly diverse assortment of scholarly, journalistic, and pop culture sources.
464 pages, 16 halftones. 34 line illus.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 30, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9780691175836 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 464 |
Dimensions | 235 × 156 × 31 mm · 676 g |
Language | English |
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