The Enjoyment of Math
(Paperback)
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Published: 30th January 1967
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Publishing Details
The Enjoyment of Math
By (Author) Hans Rademacher
By (author) Otto Toeplitz
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
30th January 1967
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Science: general issues
793.74
Physical Properties
Paperback
216
Width 127mm, Height 203mm
227g
Description
Requiring no more background than plane geometry and elementary algebra, this book leads the reader into some of the most fundamental ideas of mathematics, the ideas that make the subject exciting and interesting.
Reviews
"A thoroughly enjoyable sampler of fascinating mathematical problems and their solutions."--Science "Each chapter is a gem of mathematical exposition... [The book] will not only stretch the imagination of the amateur, but it will also give pleasure to the sophisticated mathematician."--American Mathematical Monthly
Author Bio
Hans Rademacher was an Affiliate of Rockefeller University and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics in the University of Pennsylvania before his death in 1969. Otto Toeplitz was Professor of Mathematics in Kiel and Bonn.
