Lewis Carroll in Numberland: His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life, an Agony in Eight Fits - Rilegato

Wilson, Robin

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ISBN 10: 0393060276 ISBN 13: 9780393060270

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2008

Riassunto

Explores the imaginative and lesser-known mathematical prowess of the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland creator, in a volume of playful illustrations that reveals the geometrical, logical, and algebraic inspirations for some of his fantastical writings. 13,000 first printing.

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A penetrating work that explores the amazing imagination and mathematical genius of the man who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," Just when we thought we knew everything about Lewis Carroll, here comes a highly original biography that will appeal to Alice fans everywhere. Fascinated by the inner life of Charles Lutwidge Dodson, Robin Wilson, a Carroll scholar and a noted mathematics professor, has produced this revelatory book--filled with more than one hundred striking and often playful illustrations--that examines the many inspirations and sources for Carroll's fantastical writings, mathematical and otherwise. As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll--who published serious, if occasionally eccentric, works in the fields of geometry, logic, and algebra--made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. In the tradition of Sylvia Nasar's "A Beautiful Mind" and Andrew Hodges's "Alan Turing," this is an engaging look at the incredible genius of one of mathematics' and literature's most enigmatic minds. 100 illustrations.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393060276
• ISBN 13: 9780393060270
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 237