The Problems of Mathematics
by Ian Stewart
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A retitled and revised edition of Ian Stewart's The Problems of Mathematics, this is the perfect guide to today's maths. Read about the lastest discoveries, and see how simple concepts from probability theory can help you maximize your lottery winnings.Tags
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Only after a many-years-delayed borrowing of this paperback by interlibrary loan did I find out it is a third edition of _The Problems of Mathematics_ (1987, 1992), which I had already read. It's very good though, and it does include some newer stuff.
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Ian Stewart is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Warwick. The author of numerous books on math, he has written for New Scientist, Discover, and Scientific American, among other publications in the United Kingdom and the United States. He lives in Coventry, England.
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- Canonical title
- The Problems of Mathematics
- Original title
- The Problems of Mathematics
- Alternate titles
- From Here to Infinity
- Original publication date
- 1987
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- Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 510 — Natural sciences & mathematics Mathematics Mathematics
- LCC
- QA93 .S74 — Science Mathematics Mathematics
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