Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math

Mazur, Joseph

ISBN 10: 0452287839 / ISBN 13: 9780452287839

Published by Penguin Publishing Group (edition Illustrated), 2006

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group (edition Illustrated)
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0452287839
• ISBN 13: 9780452287839
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Like Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach and David Berlinski's A Tour of the Calculus, Euclid in the Rainforest combines the literary with the mathematical to explore logic - the one indispensable tool in man's quest to understand the world. Through adventure stories and historical narratives populated with a rich and quirky cast of characters, Mazur artfully reveals the less-than-airtight nature of logic and the muddled relationship between maths and the real world.

About the Author

Joseph Mazur is Professor of Mathematics at Marlboro College, where he has taught a wide range of classes in all areas of mathematics, its history, and philosophy.