Description: Sourced from the front flap (image provided with listing): A wildly inventive treasury of the most artful words ever written about numbers. Mathematics and writing may seem to exist in opposite realms, but as William Frucht reveals, the world of numbers has always held a special fascination for men and women of letters. Imaginary Numbers displays the fruits of this cross-fertilization by collecting the best creative writing about mathematical topics from the past hundred years. In this engaging anthology, we can explore the many ways writers have played with mathematical ideas. Delve into the fourth dimension and infinity, into fantasy and philosophy with such masters as Lewis Carroll, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Philip K. Dick, Martin Gardner, and Alan Lightman. Revel in renowned tales by Italo Calvino and Jorge Luis Borges, cult classics such as Connie Willis's "The Schwartzschild Radius,"and lesser-known gems by such visionaries as William Gibson and A. K. Dewdney. For mathematical mavens and literary lions alike, Imaginary Numbers adds up to one fascinating read.
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Features: Dust Jacket
SKU: 123E19
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Imaginary Numbers : an Anthology of Marvelous Mathematical Stories, Diversions, Poems, and Musings
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 1999
Subject: General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.4 Oz
Author: William Frucht
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Mathematics, Literary Criticism, Fiction
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
