What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods (Oxford Paperbacks)
Courant, the late Richard
ISBN 10: 0195105192 ISBN 13: 9780195105193
Published by Oxford University Press, 1996
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"Lucid...[and] easily understandable."--Albert Einstein
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The late Richard Courant, headed the Department of Mathematics at New York University and was Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences--which has subsequently renamed the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His book Mathematical Physics is familiar to every physicist, and his book Differential and Integral Calculus is acknowledged to be one of the best presentations of the subject written in modern times. Herbert Robbins is New Jersey Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Rutgers University. Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, and author of Nature's Numbers and Does God Play Dice?. He also writes the "Mathematical Recreations" column in Scientific American.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2nd Edition