Mathematics, the new golden age
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Word Count
71,750 words, Guess
Page Count
287 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemathematicsnewgo00devl
- Internet Archivemathematicsnewgo00devl_506
- Internet Archivemathematicsnewgo0000devl_a1d3
- ISBN-100140135510
- ISBN-139780140135510
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- LibraryThing14636
- Goodreads6069818
- Library of Congress Control Number88212999
- Better World Books9780140135510
- Open LibraryOL14417510M
Classifications
- DDC510
- LCCQA93 .D46 1990
- LCCQA93 .D46 1988
Description
"Mathematics: The New Golden Age offers a glimpse of the extraordinary vistas and bizarre universes opened up by contemporary mathematicians: Hilbert's tenth problem and the four-color theorem, Gaussian integers, chaotic dynamics and the Mandelbrot set, infinite numbers, and strange number systems. Why a "new golden age"? According to Keith Devlin, we are currently witnessing an astronomical amount of mathematical research. Charting the most significant developments that have taken place in mathematics since 1960, Devlin expertly describes these advances for the interested layperson and adroitly summarizes their significance as he leads the reader into the heart of the most interesting mathematical perplexities - from the biggest known prime number to the Shimura-Taniyama conjecture for Fermat's Last Theorem."--BOOK JACKET.
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