Reality conditions: short mathematical fiction
Auteur :
Kasman, Alex
Éditeur :
Mathematical Association of America
ISBN :
9780883855522
Date de publication :
30 déc. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
318 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Where can you hear an old man in a nursing home tell of how he disproved Goldbach's Conjecture? Get inside the mind of James Clerk Maxwell as he discovers electro-magnetic waves? Witness the 19th century's greatest mathematician finally get the credit she was denied by sexism and murder? In this collection of short stories, you can share in these and other fictional mathematical experiences.