The New York Times Book of Mathematics: More Than 100 Years of Writing by the Numbers

Book Overview

From the archives of the worlds most famous newspaper comes a collection of its very best writing on mathematics. Big and informative, The New York Times Book of Mathematics gathers more than 110 articles written from 1892 to 2010 that cover statistics, coincidences, chaos theory, famous problems, cryptography, computers, and many other topics. Edited by Pulitzer Prize finalist and senior Times writer Gina Kolata, and featuring renowned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402793227
• ISBN13: 9781402793226
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.7" x 9.0"