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

Mazur, Joseph

ISBN 10: 0452287839 / ISBN 13: 9780452287839

Published by Plume, New York, 2006

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8vo, 334 pp.

Seller Inventory # 110685

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math
• Publisher: Plume, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0452287839
• ISBN 13: 9780452287839
• Binding: softcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Nearly fine copy
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics

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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.