What is Mathematics?

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MATHEMATICS ^^
"A lucid representation of the fundamental concepts and methods of the whole field of mathematics Easily understandable." Albert Einstein*
Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers. What is Mathematics? is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, this second edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved.
A marvelously literate story. What is Mathematics? opens a window onto the world of mathematics.
*Praise for the first edition:
"Without doubt, the work will have great influence. It should be in the hands of everyone, professional or otherwise, who is interested in... Tovább

Fülszöveg

MATHEMATICS ^^
"A lucid representation of the fundamental concepts and methods of the whole field of mathematics Easily understandable." Albert Einstein*
Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers. What is Mathematics? is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, this second edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved.
A marvelously literate story. What is Mathematics? opens a window onto the world of mathematics.
*Praise for the first edition:
"Without doubt, the work will have great influence. It should be in the hands of everyone, professional or otherwise, who is interested in scientific thinking." The New York Times
"A work of extraordinary perfection." Mathematical Reviews
"Excellent .Should prove a source of great pleasure and satisfaction."
Journal of Applied Physics
"This book is a work of art." Marston Morse
"It is a work of high perfection It is astonishing to what extent What is Mathematics? has succeeded in making clear by means of the simplest examples all the fundamental ideas and methods which we mathematicians consider the life blood of our science."
Herman Weyl
The late Richard Courant, headed the Department of Mathematics at New York University and was Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, which was subsequently renamed the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His book Mathematical Physics is familiar to every physicist, and his book Differential and Integral Calculus is acknowledged to be one of the best presentations of the subject written in modem times. Herbert Robbins is New Jersey Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Rutgers University. Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, and author of Nature's Numbers and Does God Play Dice? He also writes the "Mathematical Recreations" column in Scientific American. In 1995 he was awarded the Royal Society's Michael Faraday medal for significant contribution to the public understanding of science. Vissza