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Circles Disturbed: The Interplay of Mathematics and Narrative
by Apostolos Doxiadis, Barry Mazur, Editors
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0691149046
- ISBN 13
- 9780691149042
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012 Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 2012. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; small smudge to textblock bottom; small smudge line to FFFP. DJ: Very Good +; light rubbing to panels. Charcoal gray cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering to spine. 570 pp 8vo. This book brings together important thinkers in mathematics, history, and philosophy to explore the relationship between mathematics and narrative. This book delves into topics such as the way in which historical and biographical narratives shape our understanding of mathematics and mathematicians, the development of "myths of origins" in mathematics, the structure an importance of mathematical dreams, the role of storytelling in the formation of mathematical intuitions, the ways mathematics helps us organize the way we think about narrative structure, and much more. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016335
- Title
- Circles Disturbed: The Interplay of Mathematics and Narrative
- Author
- Apostolos Doxiadis, Barry Mazur, Editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0691149046
- ISBN 13
- 9780691149042
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- mathematics, history, philosophy, reality, theoretician, abstraction, stories, theorems, narrative structure, mathematical dreams,
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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