• ISBN13: 9780691118802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: September 28, 2008
• Pages: 1034
• Original Price: INR 9675.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 2586 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Study & Teaching

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"This is a wonderful book. The content is overwhelming. Every practicing mathematician, everyone who uses mathematics, and everyone who is interested in mathematics must have a copy of their own."--Simon A. Levin, Princeton University

"The Princeton Companion to Mathematics fills a vital need. It is the only book of its kind."--Victor J. Katz, professor emeritus, University of the District of Columbia

"I think that this is a wonderful book, completely different from anything that has been written before about mathematics and mathematicians."--Endre Süli, University of Oxford

"The Princeton Companion to Mathematics is a much needed--and will become a much used--reference work. In fact, it will stand alone as the reference work in mathematics."--John J. Watkins, Colorado College

Timothy Gowers is a Fields Medal-winning British mathematician. A professor at the Collège de France, he also teaches at the University of Cambridge and is the author of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction. June Barrow-Green is professor of the history of mathematics at the Open University. Imre Leader is professor of pure mathematics at the University of Cambridge.