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Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation
Mathematics without Apologies Portrait of a Problematic Vocation
Author: Michael Harris
What do pure mathematicians do, and why do they do it? Looking beyond the conventional answers--for the sake of truth, beauty, and practical applications--this book offers an eclectic panorama of the lives and values and hopes and fears of mathematicians in the twenty-first century, assembling material from a startlingly diverse assortment of sc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691154237
ISBN-10: 0691154236
Publication Date: 1/18/2015
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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