Mathematics without apologies : portrait of a problematic vocation / Michael Harris.

By:

Harris, Michael, 1954- [author.]

Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]Description: xxii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780691154237 (alk. paper)

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Print books.

LOC classification:

QA36 .H37 2015

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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Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Alfaisal University On Shelf	Alfaisal University On Shelf	QA36 .H37 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	AU0000000009085

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-421) and indexes.

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.--

Text in English.