| Description |
xxii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-421) and indexes. |
| Summary |
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. |
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Mathematics.
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Mathematicians.
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Mathematicians. (OCoLC)fst01012154
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Mathematics. (OCoLC)fst01012163
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| ISBN |
9780691154237 (hardback) : $29.95 |
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0691154236 |
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