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Availability:In StockContributor:Timothy GowersSeries:Very Short IntroductionsPublish date:2002-11-28Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192853615ISBN-10:192853619UPC:9780192853615Book Category:MathematicsSize:9.14 x 5.90 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCVSKQ2NW5
Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
The aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we learn at school. The most fundamental differences are philosophical, and readers of this book will emerge with a clearer understanding of paradoxical-sounding concepts such as infinity, curved space, and imaginary numbers. The first few...
Series: Very Short Introductions
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192853615ISBN-10:192853619UPC:9780192853615Book Category:MathematicsSize:9.14 x 5.90 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCVSKQ2NW5
Timothy Gowers is Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University and was a recipient of the Fields Medal for Mathematics, awarded for 'the most daring, profound and stimulating research done by young mathhematicians'.
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