内容简介
'Adelightfulblendofwhimsy,satire,endlesslyingeniouspuns,brain-teasersandunexpected(butveryaccessible)mathematicalinsights'MatthewReisz,TheTimesHigherEducationSupplementLewisCarroll'sbookshavedelightedchildrenandadultsforgenerations,butbehindtheirexuberantfantasyanddelightfulnonsensewasthemindofabrilliantmathematician.NowhisforgottenachievementsintheworldofnumbersarebroughttolightbyacclaimedauthorandmathematicianRobinWilson.HereheexploresthecuriousimaginationofamanwhosepioneeringworkatOxfordUniversityincludedinvestigationsintovotingpatternsandtennisseeding,whodreamtupnumericalconundrumsinbedatnightandwhofilledhiswritingswithproblems,paradoxes,puzzlesandteasinggamesoflogic.Takingusintoaworldofmockturtlesandmaps,gryphonsandgravity,LewisCarrollinNumberlandrevealsthesingularmindofagenius.'Afascinatingstory...Wilsoncouldnotbebetterqualifiedtowriteabookon[Carroll's]careerinnumbers'JonathanBate,SundayTelegraph'First-rate...Wilsonconjuresthespiritofamanwhodelightedinparadox'Nature
作者简介
RobinWilsonisHeadofthePureMathematicsDepartmentattheOpenUniversityand,inLondon,GreshamProfessorofGeometry,theoldestmathematicsChairinEngland.HeisalsoaFellowinMathematicsatKebleCollege,Oxford.Theauthorandeditorofthirtybooks,includingthecriticallyacclaimedFourColoursSuffice,heiswellknowninternationallyforhisexpositoryskillsandhaswonanumberofprestigiousawardsforhiswritings.