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Mathematical Apocrypha: Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical (Spectrum) by Steven George Krantz is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mathematical Apocrypha: Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical (Spectrum) about?
Mathematical Apocrypha is a book of stories about mathematicians and the mathematical. It differs from other books of its kind in that it includes many stories about contemporary mathematicians. Many of these stories are derived from the author's direct or second-hand experience and have never before appeared in print. The stories are told in a brisk and engaging style and are enhanced by numerous photographs. These stories convey the nature of mathematical enterprise, and give the reader a glimpse of mathematical culture. The author says in the Preface: I have spent my entire adult life hanging around academics and have never encountered a group that is so hell-bent on telling stories about each other as are mathematicians. With this book, I plant my flag as a storyteller. The theme of the book is strictly mathematical. Some of the stories, however, are about people who adhere to mathematics but cannot strictly be called mathematicians. Included are stories about Bertrand Russell, Alfred North Whitehead, and Albert Einstein, along with stories about mathematicians Erdos, Doob, Besicovitch, Atiyah, Wiener, Mary Ellen and Walter Rudin, Polya, Halmos, Littlewood and many, many more l
Who reads Mathematical Apocrypha: Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical (Spectrum)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Steven George Krantz
- Publisher
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780883855393
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Science, Stem
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (24 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13