What is mathematics? (Record no. 61)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780195687101
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Original cataloging agency ICTS-TIFR
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Personal name Courant, Richard
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Title What is mathematics?
Remainder of title An elementary approach to ideas and methods
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Edition statement 2nd Ed.
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. [c2007]
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford, U.K.:
300 ## - Physical Description
Pages: 566 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. What is Mathematics? is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Covering everything from natural numbers and the number system to geometrical constructions and projective geometry, from topology and calculus to matters of principle and the Continuum Hypothesis, this fascinating survey allows readers to delve into mathematics as an organic whole rather than an empty drill in problem solving. With chapters largely independent of one another and sections that lead upward from basic to more advanced discussions, readers can easily pick and choose areas of particular interest without impairing their understanding of subsequent parts. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?, 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.
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Personal name Robbins, Herbert
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Personal name Revised by Stewart, Ian
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        ICTS Rack No 3 03/13/2012 QA37 00061 Book