A mathematicians's miscellany
Contributors: Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman), former owner
Publisher: Methuen
Published: 1953
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Mathematics
Table of contents: title: Mathematics with minimum raw material.; title: From the mathematical tripos.; title: Cross-purposes, unconscious assumptions, howlers, misprints, etc.; title: The zoo.; title: Ballistics.; title: The dilemma of probability theory.; title: From Fermat's last theorem to the abolition of capital punishment.; title: A mathematical education.; title: Review of Ramanujan's collected papers.; title: Three reviews.; title: Newton and the attraction of a sphere.; title: Large numbers.; title: The discovery of Neptune.; title: The Adams-Airy affair.; title: 'Lion and man.'