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Mathematics Without Apologies

By Michael Harris

Mathematics Without Apologies

By Michael Harris

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Drawing on his personal experiences and obsessions as well as the thoughts and opinions of mathematicians from Archimedes and Omar Khayyám to such contemporary giants as Alexander Grothendieck and Robert Langlands, Michael Harris reveals the charisma and romance of mathematics as well as its darker side. In this portrait of mathematics as a community united around a set of common intellectual, ethical, and existential challenges, he touches on a wide variety of questions, such as: Are mathematicians to blame for the 2008 financial crisis? How can we talk about the ideas we were born too soon to understand? And how should you react if you are asked to explain number theory at a dinner party?
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
464
Release Date:
2017-05-30
Publication Date:
2017-05-30
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0691175837
ISBN13:
9780691175836
Weight:
672 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
35 cm
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