Letters to a young mathematician /
Stewart, Ian, 1945-
Letters to a young mathematician / Ian Stewart. - New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, c2006. - xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Art of mentoring . - Art of mentoring series .
Includes bibliographical references.
Why do math? -- How I almost became a lawyer -- The breadth of mathematics -- Hasn't it all been done? -- Surrounded by math -- How mathematicians think -- How to learn math -- Fear of proofs -- Can't computers solve everything? -- Mathematical storytelling -- Going for the jugular -- Blockbusters -- Impossible problems -- The career ladder -- Pure or applied? -- Where do you get those crazy ideas? -- How to teach math -- The mathematical community -- Pigs and pickup trucks -- Pleasures and perils of collaboration -- Is God a mathematician?
0465082327 (pbk.) 9780465082322 (pbk.) 0465082319 (alk. paper) 9780465082315 (alk. paper)
2005030384
GBA616689 bnb
013386233 Uk
Mathematics--Miscellanea.
QA99 / .S84 2006
Letters to a young mathematician / Ian Stewart. - New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, c2006. - xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Art of mentoring . - Art of mentoring series .
Includes bibliographical references.
Why do math? -- How I almost became a lawyer -- The breadth of mathematics -- Hasn't it all been done? -- Surrounded by math -- How mathematicians think -- How to learn math -- Fear of proofs -- Can't computers solve everything? -- Mathematical storytelling -- Going for the jugular -- Blockbusters -- Impossible problems -- The career ladder -- Pure or applied? -- Where do you get those crazy ideas? -- How to teach math -- The mathematical community -- Pigs and pickup trucks -- Pleasures and perils of collaboration -- Is God a mathematician?
0465082327 (pbk.) 9780465082322 (pbk.) 0465082319 (alk. paper) 9780465082315 (alk. paper)
2005030384
GBA616689 bnb
013386233 Uk
Mathematics--Miscellanea.
QA99 / .S84 2006