Before you leave...
Take 20% off your first order
20% off
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order
Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics, Second Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138586109)
Vendor:
John Stillwell
Product type:
Books
- $48.99
$48.99- $48.99
- Unit price
- per
Subtotal:
$48.99
Description
xYearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truth of Mathematics, Second Edition explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common sense and the "impossible" as the author follows the discovery or invention of new concepts that have marked mathematical progress. The author puts these creations into a broader context involving related "impossibilities" from art, literature, philosophy, and physics. This new edition contains many new exercises and commentaries, clearly discussing a wide range of challenging subjects.
Author: John Stillwell
ISBN-10: 1138586102
ISBN-13: 9781138586109
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 05/16/2018
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d
By John Stillwell
xJohn Stillwell was born in Melbourne, Australia. From 1970 to 2001 he taught at Monash University in Melbourne, and since 2002 he has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of San Francisco. He has been an invited speaker at several international conferences, including the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zurich, 1994. His works cover a wide spectrum of mathematics, from translations of classics by Dirichlet, Dedekind, Poincare, and Dehn to books on algebra, geometry, topology, number theory, and their history. For his expository writing, he was awarded the Chauvenet Prize of the Mathematical Association of America in 2005, and the AJCU National Book Award in 2009.
Recently Viewed Products
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.