The World of Mathematics, Vol. 4
Book Details
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN / ASIN
0486411524
ISBN-13
9780486411521
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#1,712,153
Category
Mathematics
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Description
Vol. 4 of a monumental 4-volume set covers such topics as mathematical machines, mathematics in warfare, a mathematical theory of art, mathematics of the good, mathematics in literature, mathematics and music, and amusements, puzzles, and fancies. Individual contributions by A. M. Turing, Aldous Huxley, Sir James Jeans, Lewis Carroll, and other notables. Informative commentary by noted mathematics scholar James R. Newman precedes each essay. Numerous figures.
