Drawbridge Up: Mathematics--A Cultural Anathema [Hardcover]

Hans Magnus Enzensberger (Author)

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Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press; 1 edition (April 27 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 156881156X
ISBN-13: 978-1568811567
Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 12.2 x 1 cm
Shipping Weight: 141 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,449,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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" ""The German poet and essayist Hans Magnus Enzensberger was an invited speaker at the 1998 International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin. His talk, analyzing the exclusion of mathematics from the cultural sphere by the public, is the basis of..."" -Agnes Tuska, MAA Online, October 2001
""An important argument, nicely and quickly presented."" -Complet-Reviews.com, November 2005"

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This bilingual (German/English) edition of the talk given at the International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin, 1998, with illustrations by K. H. Hofmann and an introduction by David Mumford, discusses the role of mathematics within our culture.

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It's the same old refrain: "Stop, for heaven's sake! Read the first page

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