The New York Times Book of Mathematics
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The New York Times Book of Mathematics

More Than 100 Years of Writing by the Numbers

Edited by Gina Kolata

Foreword by Paul Hoffman

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On Sale

Jun 4, 2013

Page Count

496 Pages

Publisher

Hachette Logo Large Light blue Hachette logo with icon and text

ISBN-13

9781402793288

Genre

Nonfiction / Mathematics / Essays

Description

From the archives of the worlds most famous newspaper comes a collection of its very best writing on mathematics. Big and informative, The New York Times Book of Mathematics gathers more than 110 articles written from 1892 to 2010 that cover statistics, coincidences, chaos theory, famous problems, cryptography, computers, and many other topics. Edited by Pulitzer Prize finalist and senior Times writer Gina Kolata, and featuring renowned contributors such as James Gleick, William L. Laurence, Malcolm W. Browne, George Johnson, and John Markoff, its a must-have for any math and science enthusiast!