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A Mathematician´s Apology
G. H. Hardy
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Description for A Mathematician´s Apology
paperback. A unique account of the fascination of mathematics and of one of its most compelling exponents in modern times. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234. 154 pages. A unique account of the fascination of mathematics and of one of its most compelling exponents in modern times. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PB. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 8. Weight: 224.
G. H. Hardy was one of this century's finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a 'real mathematician … the purest of the pure'. He was also, as C. P. Snow recounts in his Foreword, 'unorthodox, eccentric, radical, ready to talk about anything'. This 'apology', written in 1940, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a science; when it was first published, Graham Greene hailed it alongside Henry James's notebooks as 'the best account of what it was like to be a creative artist'. C. P. Snow's Foreword gives sympathetic and witty insights ... Read more
G. H. Hardy was one of this century's finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a 'real mathematician … the purest of the pure'. He was also, as C. P. Snow recounts in his Foreword, 'unorthodox, eccentric, radical, ready to talk about anything'. This 'apology', written in 1940, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a science; when it was first published, Graham Greene hailed it alongside Henry James's notebooks as 'the best account of what it was like to be a creative artist'. C. P. Snow's Foreword gives sympathetic and witty insights ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
154
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Canto Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
154
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107604636
SKU
V9781107604636
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Reviews for A Mathematician´s Apology
'A classic tale of retrospection considering wider, powerful themes in mathematics.' Mathematics Today 'Hardy provides an amazing insight into the mind of the mathematician.' Marcus du Sautoy, The Week 'Hardy provides an amazing insight into the mind of the mathematician.' Marcus du Sautoy, Waitrose Weekend Magazine