The Search for Certainty

The Search for CertaintyAuthoritative and highly readable, this global survey is suited to those with no background in math as well as more informed readers and teachers. Presented in a chronological and thematic manner, these twenty six absorbing and entertaining essays focus on the era from 1800 to 2000. Contributors such as Henri Poincar, Judith V. Grabiner, and H. S. M. Coxeter discuss topics ranging from logic and infinity to Fermat's Last Theorem. Additional subjects

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