Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths - Rilegato

Cheng, Eugenia

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1788169522 ISBN 13: 9781788169523

Casa editrice: Proquest Black Box B&t, 2023

Riassunto

One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers new ways to look at maths - focusing on questions, not answers

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Informazioni sull?autore

Eugenia Cheng is a Pure Mathematician, Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Honorary Visiting Fellow of Pure Mathematics at City, University of London. A Cambridge graduate, she previously taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Chicago and Nice. She is also a concert pianist, fluent in French, and the author of several bestsellers, including How to Bake Pi and x + y.

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From imaginary numbers to the perplexing order of operations we all had drilled into us, Eugenia Cheng - mathematician, writer and woman on a mission to rid the world of maths phobia - brings us maths as we've never seen it before, revealing how profound insights can emerge from seemingly unlikely sources.

Written with intelligence and passion, Is Maths Real? is a celebration of the true, curious spirit of the discipline.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Proquest Black Box B&t
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1788169522
• ISBN 13: 9781788169523
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 328
• Contatto del produttore: {language_tag:it_IT,value:"Authorised Rep Compliance Limited"}