The Princeton Companion to Mathematics Hardcover - 2008
by Gowers, Timothy
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- Title The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
- Author Gowers, Timothy
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 1056
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton Univ Pr, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
- Date 2008-09-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780691118802
- ISBN 9780691118802 / 0691118809
- Weight 5.7 lbs (2.59 kg)
- Dimensions 10.31 x 8.38 x 2.63 in (26.19 x 21.29 x 6.68 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mathematics, Princeton University
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008020450
- Dewey Decimal Code 510
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"This is a wonderful book. The content is overwhelming. Every practicing mathematician, everyone who uses mathematics, and everyone who is interested in mathematics must have a copy of their own."--Simon A. Levin, Princeton University
"The Princeton Companion to Mathematics fills a vital need. It is the only book of its kind."--Victor J. Katz, professor emeritus, University of the District of Columbia
"I think that this is a wonderful book, completely different from anything that has been written before about mathematics and mathematicians."--Endre Sli, University of Oxford
"The Princeton Companion to Mathematics is a much needed--and will become a much used--reference work. In fact, it will stand alone as the reference work in mathematics."--John J. Watkins, Colorado College
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- Choice, 03/01/2009, Page 0
- Library Journal, 02/01/2009, Page 96
- Science, 01/16/2009, Page 341
