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100 1 _aStewart, Ian,
_d1945-
245 1 0 _aLetters to a young mathematician /
_cIan Stewart.
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
_cc2006.
300 _axii, 210 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
490 1 _aArt of mentoring
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 0 _tWhy do math? --
_tHow I almost became a lawyer --
_tThe breadth of mathematics --
_tHasn't it all been done? --
_tSurrounded by math --
_tHow mathematicians think --
_tHow to learn math --
_tFear of proofs --
_tCan't computers solve everything? --
_tMathematical storytelling --
_tGoing for the jugular --
_tBlockbusters --
_tImpossible problems --
_tThe career ladder --
_tPure or applied? --
_tWhere do you get those crazy ideas? --
_tHow to teach math --
_tThe mathematical community --
_tPigs and pickup trucks --
_tPleasures and perils of collaboration --
_tIs God a mathematician?
650 0 _aMathematics
_vMiscellanea.
830 0 _aArt of mentoring series
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005030384.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2005030384-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0832/2005030384-d.html
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