MATHEMATICS WITHOUT APOLOGIES: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation
Looking beyond the conventional answers--for the sake of truth, beauty, and practical applications-- this volume offers an eclectic panorama of the lives, values, hopes and fears of mathematicians in the 21st century, assembling material from a startlingly diverse assortment of scholarly, journalistic, and pop culture sources. Illus.
Format: Paperbound
Pages: 438
Publisher: Princeton
ISBN: 9780691175836
Item #: 9078444
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