Recountings: Conversations with MIT Mathematicians (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781568817132)

This book traces the history of the MIT Department of Mathematics--one of the most important mathematics departments in the world--through candid, in-depth, lively conversations with a select and diverse group of its senior members. The process reveals much about the motivation, path, and impact of research mathematicians in a society that owes so much to this little understood and often mystifying section of its intellectual fabric. At a time when the mathematical experience touches and attracts more laypeople than ever, such a book contributes to our understanding and entertains through its personal approach.

Author: Joel Segel
ISBN-10: 1568817134
ISBN-13: 9781568817132
Publisher: A K PETERS
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2010
Pages: 330
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d