Letters to a young mathematician / Ian Stewart.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Art of mentoring seriesPublication details: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, c2006.Description: xii, 210 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0465082327 (pbk.)
  • 9780465082322 (pbk.)
  • 0465082319 (alk. paper)
  • 9780465082315 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA99 .S84 2006
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Contents:
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?
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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?

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