{"product_id":"mathematics-paperback-1","title":"Mathematics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCassius Jackson Keyser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMathematics: The New Golden Age\u003c\/i\u003e offers a glimpse of the extraordinary vistas and bizarre universes opened up by contemporary mathematicians: Hilbert's tenth problem and the four-color theorem, Gaussian integers, chaotic dynamics and the Mandelbrot set, infinite numbers, and strange number systems. Why a \"new golden age\"? According to Keith Devlin, we are currently witnessing an astronomical amount of mathematical research. Charting the most significant developments that have taken place in mathematics since 1960, Devlin expertly describes these advances for the interested layperson and adroitly summarizes their significance as he leads the reader into the heart of the most interesting mathematical perplexities--from the biggest known prime number to the Shimura-Taniyama conjecture for Fermat's Last Theorem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevised and updated to take into account dramatic developments of the 1980s and 1990s, \u003ci\u003eMathematics: The New Golden Age\u003c\/i\u003e includes, in addition to Fermat's Last Theorem, major new sections on knots and topology, and the mathematics of the physical universe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDevlin portrays mathematics not as a collection of procedures for solving problems, but as a unified part of human culture, as part of mankind's eternal quest to understand ourselves and the world in which we live. Though a genuine science, mathematics has strong artistic elements as well; this creativity is in evidence here as Devlin shows what mathematicians do--and reveals that it has little to do with numbers and arithmetic. This book brilliantly captures the fascinating new age of mathematics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Devlin is the Dean of Science at Saint Mary's College of California and a Senior Researcher at Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information. Since 1983, he has been a regular columnist on mathematics and computing for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper in England, and he is the mathematics commentator on National Public Radio's popular \"Weekend Edition\" magazine program. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the author of twenty-three books on mathematics and computing, including \u003ci\u003eLife by Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Mathematics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336738357497,"sku":"9780231116398","price":32.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TisxM2dqeldEWXdiT1dsL2lZMjBZQT09.webp?v=1769671002","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mathematics-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}