Mathematics: The New Golden Age
- 作者
- 出版社 Columbia University Press
- 出版时间 2001年2月
- ISBN 9780231116398
- 定价 275.50
内容简介
Mathematics：TheNewGoldenAgeoffersaglimpseoftheextraordinaryvistasandbizarreuniversesopenedupbycontemporarymathematicians：Hilbert'stenthproblemandthefour-colortheorem，Gaussianintegers，chaoticdynamicsandtheMandelbrotset，infinitenumbers，andstrangenumbersystems.Whya"newgoldenage"?AccordingtoKeithDevlin，wearecurrentlywitnessinganastronomicalamountofmathematicalresearch.Chartingthemostsignificantdevelopmentsthathavetakenplaceinmathematicssince1960，Devlinexpertlydescribestheseadvancesfortheinterestedlaypersonandadroitlysummarizestheirsignificanceasheleadsthereaderintotheheartofthemostinterestingmathematicalperplexities—fromthebiggestknownprimenumbertotheShimura-TaniyamaconjectureforFermat'sLastTheorem.Revisedandupdatedtotakeintoaccountdramaticdevelopmentsofthe1980sand1990s，Mathematics：TheNewGoldenAgeincludes，inadditiontoFermat'sLastTheorem，majornewsectionsonknotsandtopology，andthemathematicsofthephysicaluniverse.Devlinportraysmathematicsnotasacollectionofproceduresforsolvingproblems，butasaunifiedpartofhumanculture，aspartofmankind'seternalquesttounderstandourselvesandtheworldinwhichwelive.Thoughagenuinescience，mathematicshasstrongartisticelementsaswell;thiscreativityisinevidencehereasDevlinshowswhatmathematiciansdo—andrevealsthatithaslittletodowithnumbersandarithmetic.Thisbookbrilliantlycapturesthefascinatingnewageofmathematics.
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