The Best Writing on Mathematics: 2012
Author(s): Mircea Pitici
This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, "The Best Writing on Mathematics 2012" makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else - and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. Here Robert Lang explains mathematical aspects of origami foldings; Terence Tao discusses the frequency and distribution of the prime numbers; Timothy Gowers and Mario Livio ponder whether mathematics is invented or discovered; Brian Hayes describes what is special about a ball in five dimensions; Mark Colyvan glosses on the mathematics of dating; and much, much more.
In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a foreword by esteemed mathematician David Mumford and an introduction by the editor Mircea Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us - and where it is headed.
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Praise for The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011: "Pitici turns out a second volume of unexpectedly fascinating mathematical research, musings, and studies that explore subjects from art to medicine... Readers from many disciplines will find much to pique their interest. Publishers Weekly Praise for The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011: "Entertaining and informative. -- Ian D. Gordon Library Journal Praise for The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011: "Wonderful ...The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011 cannot be recommended highly enough! -- Robert Schaefer New York Journal of Books Compiling a good anthology is no easy task, but here Mircea Pitici has succeeded in putting together a wonderful and varied bouquet of texts related to mathematics... I highly recommend this book to everyone with an interest in mathematics, whether they are professional mathematician, graduate or undergraduate students, teachers, or enthusiastic amateurs. -- Stephen Buckley Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin The book addresses not only mathematicians but everyone who is interested in this field. The range of topics that are covered in this book is really impressing... The editor has selected articles that really deserve to be read again. I can warmly recommend this book. -- Ehrhard Behrends Zentralblatt MATH
Mircea Pitici, a PhD candidate in mathematics education at Cornell University, teaches math and writing at Cornell and Ithaca College. He also edited the 2010 and 2011 editions of "The Best Writing on Mathematics" (both Princeton).
General Fields
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- : Princeton University Press
- : Princeton University Press
- : 01 November 2012
- : 216mm X 140mm
- : United States
- : 01 November 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Mircea Pitici
- : Paperback
- : 510
- : 328
- : 37 halftones. 15 line illus. 3 tables.
