- Paperback: 228 pages
- Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (Sep 12 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0883855399
- ISBN-13: 978-0883855393
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 14.8 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 322 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #37 in Books > Science > Mathematics > Research
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George Mackey (1916- ) was with a group of other mathematicians on the free afternoon of a conference in New Mexico. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Stories about mathematicians as storytellers,
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This review is from: Mathematical Apocrypha (Paperback)
Quite against the opinion of many, mathematicians are people too. They have quirks, foibles and eccentricities that are only slightly different in kind from those possessed by the remainder of the population. If you doubt that statement, read this book and be convinced. The author has collected together a set of the most interesting short stories about people, independent of the fact that they do math. It is funny, insightful and can be read by anyone. After I started it, I found it very difficult to put down, and I highly recommend it to everyone, whether they can balance an equation or not.Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission.
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Stories about mathematicians as storytellers,
By Charles Ashbacher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mathematical Apocrypha (Paperback)
Quite against the opinion of many, mathematicians are people too. They have quirks, foibles and eccentricities that are only slightly different in kind from those possessed by the remainder of the population. If you doubt that statement, read this book and be convinced. The author has collected together a set of the most interesting short stories about people, independent of the fact that they do math. It is funny, insightful and can be read by anyone. After I started it, I found it very difficult to put down, and I highly recommend it to everyone, whether they can balance an equation or not.Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission. 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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"Mathematical Apocrypha" is Full of Interesting and Humorous Anecdotes,
By Joseph A. Schrock "Truth Seeker" - Published on Amazon.com
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In my reading of Steven Krantz's "Mathematical Apocrypha", I encounter numerous anecdotes that endorse the view that not only do mathematicians tend to be eccentric, but they are often very funny -- sometimes intentionally so, and sometimes not.As something of an amateur mathematician-mathematical hobbyist, I find Krantz's book a very good read -- well worth buying. My guess is that many non-mathematicians could also find in the book many stories about mathematicians and their numerous quirks that could provide for humorous storytelling and joking. As an enthusiaist of mathematical ideas and those who generate them, I find "Mathematical Apocrypha" to be the best source of mathematical anecdotes I've yet been blessed with encountering. 7 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Rather colourless,
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I thought this book would be about the non-mathematical lives of famous mathematicians, and I was not proven wrong. The problem is that it is a compilation of one-paragraph anecdotes of many matehmaticians' lives, which makes for good coffee table reading and not bedtime reading. There is very little substance to any of the lifestyles of any of the characters.The accounts themselves relate to the famous and not-so-famous, but many of them are questionable as to whether they actually deserve to be in this book as they are may times simple accounts of a person's daily life - chronicling the events that happen to many of us on a daily basis. I summary the stories are too brief and there are other (better) factual books on the real lives and histories behind mathematics and mathematicians. |
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