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Letters to a young mathematician / Ian Stewart.
Publication details: New York : Basic Books, c2006.Description: xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0465082319 :
- QA99 .S84 2006
Contents:
Why do math? -- How I almost became a lawyer -- The breadth of mathematics -- Hasn't it all been done? -- Surrounded by math -- How mathematicians think -- How to learn math -- Fear of proofs -- Can't computers solve everything? -- Mathematical storytelling -- Going for the jugular -- Blockbusters -- Impossible problems -- The career ladder -- Pure or applied? -- Where do you get those crazy ideas? -- How to teach math -- The mathematical community -- Pigs and pickup trucks -- Pleasures and perils of collaboration -- Is God a mathematician?
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QA 99 .S84 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 686097 |
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| QA 99 .B87 2005 Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz : making light of weighty ideas / | QA 99 .E45 2014 How not to be wrong : the power of mathematical thinking / | QA 99 .S45 2010 Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / | QA 99 .S84 2006 Letters to a young mathematician / | QA 107 .A783 1998 Basic mathematical skills with geometry / | QA 107 .A783 1998 Basic mathematical skills with geometry / | QA 107 .A783 1998 Basic mathematical skills with geometry / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210).
Why do math? -- How I almost became a lawyer -- The breadth of mathematics -- Hasn't it all been done? -- Surrounded by math -- How mathematicians think -- How to learn math -- Fear of proofs -- Can't computers solve everything? -- Mathematical storytelling -- Going for the jugular -- Blockbusters -- Impossible problems -- The career ladder -- Pure or applied? -- Where do you get those crazy ideas? -- How to teach math -- The mathematical community -- Pigs and pickup trucks -- Pleasures and perils of collaboration -- Is God a mathematician?
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