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Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation
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Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation

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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 scholarly, journalistic, and pop culture sources.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Date
31 March 2015
Pages
464
ISBN
9780691154237

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 scholarly, journalistic, and pop culture sources.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Date
31 March 2015
Pages
464
ISBN
9780691154237