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The New York Times Book of Mathematics

More Than 100 Years of Writing by the Numbers

The New York Times Book of Mathematics( 1 customer ratings | )
Editor: Kolata, Gina
Foreword by: Hoffman, Paul
ISBN:978-1-4027-9322-6
Publication Date:Jun 2013
Publisher:Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $37.99
Book Description:

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 contributors, its a...
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Book Details
Pages:496
Detailed Subjects: Mathematics / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 cm
Author Biography
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Paul Hoffman is an American intellectual who has devoted much of his professional life to making the work of serious scholars available to the general public. Hoffman has served as editor of Discover magazine and publisher of Encyclopaedia Brittanica. He has also contributed to such television programs as CBS Sunday Morning and PBS' News Hour with Jim Lehrer.

Hoffman's books include Archimedes' Revenge and The Man who Loved Only Numbers, a popular biography of the mathematician Paul Erdos.

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