2nd printing, 1956. 4 volume set, complete, in slipcase. A Near Fine set in Very Good slipcase. 8vo., xviii, 724; (725)-1414; (1415)-2021; (2022)-2535 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine, housed in the publisher's red slipcase, with title and publisher's blurbs printed on paper affixed to three sides. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover. The slipcase is rubbed, on the paper sheets and the opening. The four volume series covers many branches of mathematics and represents a 15-year effort by Newman to collect what he felt were the most important essays in the field. With essays ranging from a biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan by Newman to Bertrand Russell's Definition of Number, the series is often praised as suitable for any level of mathematical skill.

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Title

THE WORLD OF MATHEMATICS (4 volume set, complete)

Publisher

Simon and Schuster, New York

Publication Date

1956

Binding

Cloth

Edition

1st Edition, 2nd printing.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good, slipcase

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Frey Fine Books
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