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Piergiorgio Odifreddi

The Mathematical Century

The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100 Years

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The twentieth century was a time of unprecedented development in mathematics, as well as in all sciences: more theorems were proved and results found in a hundred years than in all of previous history. In The Mathematical Century, Piergiorgio Odifreddi distills this unwieldy mass of knowledge into a fascinating and authoritative overview of the subject. He concentrates on thirty highlights of pure and applied mathematics. Each tells the story of an exciting problem, from its historical origins to its modern solution, in lively prose free of technical details. Odifreddi opens by discussing the four main philosophical foundations of mathematics… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-691-12805-4
  • EAN: 9780691128054
  • Produktnummer: 2417289
  • Verlag: Princeton University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 226 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.3 cm 308 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 308

Über den Autor


Piergiorgio Odifreddi is Professor of Mathematical Logic at the University of Turin and has been a visiting professor at Cornell University for many years. He is the author of the textbook Classical Recursion Theory. He is also a regular contributor to the Italian daily La Repubblica. Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study, is the author of several books, including Disturbing the Universe.

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