The World of Mathematics, Vol. 3 (Dover Books on Mathematics)
Book Details
Author(s)
Mathematics
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN / ASIN
0486411516
ISBN-13
9780486411514
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#2,249,245
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
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Description
Vol. 3 of a monumental 4-volume set covers such topics as statistics and the design of experiments, group theory, the mathematics of infinity, the unreasonableness of mathematics, the vocabulary of mathematics, and mathematics as an art. Specific contributions by Jacob Bernoulli, George Bernard Shaw, Bertrand Russell, Hans Hahn, Ernst Mach, Hermann Weyl, George Boole, Alfred Tarski, and many others. Informative commentary by noted mathematics scholar James R. Newman precedes each essay. Numerous figures.
