Reality Conditions Short Mathematical Fiction |
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| Author:
| Kasman, Alex |
| Series title: | Spectrum Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88385-552-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2005 |
| Publisher: | American Mathematical Society
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| Imprint: | MAA Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $38.00USD $38.00 |
Book Description:
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Where can you hear an old man in a nursing home tell of how he disproved Goldbach's Conjecture? Get inside the mind of James Clerk Maxwell as he discovers electro-magnetic waves? Witness the 19th century's greatest mathematician finally get the credit she was denied by sexism and murder? In this collection of short stories, you can share in these and other fictional mathematical experiences.
Where can you hear an old man in a nursing home tell of how he disproved Goldbach's Conjecture? Get inside the mind of James Clerk Maxwell as he discovers electro-magnetic waves? Witness the 19th century's greatest mathematician finally get the credit she was denied by sexism and murder? In this collection of short stories, you can share in these and other fictional mathematical experiences.