Mathematically Speaking. A Dictionary of Quotations

Gaither, Carl C., and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither

ISBN 10: 0750305037 / ISBN 13: 9780750305037

Verlag: Institute of Physics Pub, Bristol, 1998

Beschreibung

xiii + 484 pp. Rubber-stamped on half title page.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 34883

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Mathematically Speaking. A Dictionary of Quotations
• Verlag: Institute of Physics Pub, Bristol
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0750305037
• ISBN-13: 9780750305037
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good
• Buchtyp: book
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Mathematics

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Inhaltsangabe

For the first time, a book has brought together in one easily accessible form the best expressed thoughts that are especially illuminating and pertinent to the discipline of mathematics. Mathematically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations provides profound, wise, and witty quotes from the most famous to the unknown. You may not find all the quoted "jewels" that exist, but you will definitely a great many of them here. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tools for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from addition to zero. This book will be a handy reference for the mathematician or scientific reader and the wider public interested in who has said what on mathematics.

Críticas

..." this is a valuable reference that belongs in most mathematical libraries." --Ian Stewart, Times Higher Education Supplement