Stewart, Ian,  1945- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> 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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0465082327 (pbk.) 9780465082322 (pbk.) 0465082319 (alk. paper) 9780465082315 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005030384 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA616689  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013386233  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics--Miscellanea.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA99  / .S84 2006