The Best Writing on Mathematics 2021 by Mircea Pitici (Paperback Book)

Princeton University Press

The year\u2019s finest mathematical writing from around the world\nThis annual anthology brings together the year\u2019s finest mathematics writing from around the world\u2014and you don\u2019t need to be a mathematician to enjoy the pieces collected here. These essays\u2014from leading names and fresh new voices\u2014delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday aspects of math, offering surprising insights into its nature, meaning, and practice, and taking readers behind the scenes of today\u2019s hottest mathematical debates.\nHere, Viktor Bl\u00E5sj\u00F6 gives a brief history of \u201Clockdown mathematics\u201D; Yelda Nasifoglu decodes the politics of a seventeenth-century play in which the characters are geometric shapes; and Andrew Lewis-Pye explains the basic algorithmic rules and computational procedures behind\n\nThe Best Writing on Mathematics 2021\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail trac;