书目

LewisCarrollinNumberland:HisFantasticalMathematicalLogicalLife

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.

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