Collection
Publication
Oxford University Press (1996), Edition: 2, 592 pages
Description
"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."--Jacket.
User reviews
LibraryThing member nealjking
This is a fantastic book for introducing sophisticated mathematical thinking with "elementary" material. It would be a great present for a gifted child with a taste for mathematical thinking.
LibraryThing member hanzoganz
The minimum a graduate student is supposed to dominate.
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Language
Original publication date
1941 (Original)
1996 (Revised)
ISBN
0195105192 / 9780195105193