Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation - Michael Harris - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691175836 - May 30, 2017
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Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation Revised edition

Michael Harris

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Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation Revised edition

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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