Beschreibung
“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.