The Enjoyment of Math

Rademacher, Hans & Otto Toeplitz (trans Herbert Zuckerman).

ISBN 10: 0691023514 / ISBN 13: 9780691023519

Published by Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1994

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Trade Paperback. Illustrated glossy wrappers. Glued binding. 205 pages, diagrams, formulas, chapter end notes. 1st paperback edition, 7th printing. CONDITION: AS NEW, binding square and tight, pages crisp and unmarked. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Enjoyment of Math
• Publisher: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691023514
• ISBN 13: 9780691023519
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Paperback Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics

About this title

Synopsis

What is so special about the number 30? How many colors are needed to color a map? Do the prime numbers go on forever? Are there more whole numbers than even numbers? These and other mathematical puzzles are explored in this delightful book by two eminent mathematicians. Requiring no more background than plane geometry and elementary algebra, this book leads the reader into some of the most fundamental ideas of mathematics, the ideas that make the subject exciting and interesting. Explaining clearly how each problem has arisen and, in some cases, resolved, Hans Rademacher and Otto Toeplitz's deep curiosity for the subject and their outstanding pedagogical talents shine through.

About the Author

Hans Rademacher was an Affiliate of Rockefeller University and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics in the University of Pennsylvania before his death in 1969. Otto Toeplitz was Professor of Mathematics in Kiel and Bonn.