Mathematics Today: Twelve Informal Essays

by Lynn Arthur Steen

Book Overview

The objective of the present book of essays is to convey to the intelligent nonmathematician something of the nature, development, and use of mathe- matical concepts, particularly those that have... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394745035
• ISBN13: 9780394745039
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A great mathematics anthology

I bought this item used. First i got to say the condition was wery good, just a bit weared on the cover. I don know how famous this book is but surely not as it should be. The Penrose essay "Geometry of the Universe" is truly a master (little) piece. As its says in the preface: "the objective of the present book of essays is to convey to the intelligent nonmathematician something of the nature, development, and use of mathematical concepts, particulary those that have found application in current scientific research".