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My Brain Is Open : The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos

Door Bruce Schechter

Categorie
Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer
#342466-ZA26
Titel
My Brain Is Open : The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos
Auteur
Schechter, Bruce
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
New York : Touchstone
Jaar van uitgave
1998
ISBN10
0684859807
ISBN13
9780684859804
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, b/w illustrations including photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Paul Erdõs, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, and certainly the most eccentric, was internationally recognized as a prodigy by age seventeen. Hungarian-born Erdõs believed that the meaning of life was to prove and conjecture. His work in the United States and all over the world has earned him the titles of the century's leading number theorist and the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. Erdõs's important work has proved pivotal to the development of computer science, and his unique personality makes him an unforgettable character in the world of mathematics. Incapable of the smallest of household tasks and having no permanent home or job, he was sustained by the generosity of colleagues and by his own belief in the beauty of numbers.
... (Lees verder)
Witty and filled with the sort of mathematical puzzles that intrigued Erdõs and continue to fascinate mathematicians today,My Brain Is Open is the story of this strange genius and a journey in his footsteps through the world of mathematics, where universal truths await discovery like hidden treasures and where brilliant proofs are poetry.
Pagina's
224
Conditie
Goed — Name in pen on title page.
Prijs
€ 8,00

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