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Fantasia Mathematica: Being a Set of Stories, Together With a Group of Oddments and Diversions, All Drawn from the Universe of Mathematics 1st ed. 1958, 2nd printing 1997 Edition
Author(s): Clifton Fadiman
- Publisher: Copernicus
- Publication Date: 1 April 1997
- Edition: 1st ed. 1958, 2nd printing 1997
- Language: English
- Print length: 309 pages
- ISBN-10: 0387949313
- ISBN-13: 9780387949314
Book Description
Clifton Fadiman’s classic collection of mathematical stories, essays and anecdotes is now back in print. Ranging from the poignant to the comical to the surreal, these selections include writing by Aldous Huxley, Martin Gardner, H.G. Wells, George Gamow, G.H. Hardy, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and many others. Humorous, mysterious, and always entertaining, this collection will please mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike.
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