Letters to a young mathematician
Stewart, Ian
Letters to a young mathematician Ian Stewart. - New York : Basic Books, ©2006. - xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Why do math? -- How I almost became a lawyer -- The breadth of mathematics -- Hasn't it all been done? -- Surrounded by math -- How mathematicians think -- How to learn math -- Fear of proofs -- Can't computers solve everything? -- Mathematical storytelling -- Going for the jugular -- Blockbusters -- Impossible problems -- The career ladder -- Pure or applied? -- Where do you get those crazy ideas? -- How to teach math -- The mathematical community -- Pigs and pickup trucks -- Pleasures and perils of collaboration -- Is God a mathematician?
9780465082322
2005030384
GBA616689 bnb
013386233 Uk
Mathematics--Miscellanea.
QA99 / .S84 2006
510 / STE-L
Letters to a young mathematician Ian Stewart. - New York : Basic Books, ©2006. - xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Why do math? -- How I almost became a lawyer -- The breadth of mathematics -- Hasn't it all been done? -- Surrounded by math -- How mathematicians think -- How to learn math -- Fear of proofs -- Can't computers solve everything? -- Mathematical storytelling -- Going for the jugular -- Blockbusters -- Impossible problems -- The career ladder -- Pure or applied? -- Where do you get those crazy ideas? -- How to teach math -- The mathematical community -- Pigs and pickup trucks -- Pleasures and perils of collaboration -- Is God a mathematician?
9780465082322
2005030384
GBA616689 bnb
013386233 Uk
Mathematics--Miscellanea.
QA99 / .S84 2006
510 / STE-L