Mathematics
Subtitle: the new golden age
By: Keith Devlin.
Edition: [New and rev. ed.].
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Mathematics -- Popular works.; Mathematics -- History -- 20th century.
Genres: Popular works.
Description: "Mathematics: The New Golden Age offers a glimpse of the extraordinary vistas and bizarre universes opened up by contemporary mathematicians: Hilbert's tenth problem and the four-color theorem, Gaussian integers, chaotic dynamics and the Mandelbrot set, infinite numbers, and strange number systems. Why a "new golden age"? According to Keith Devlin, we are currently witnessing an astronomical amount of mathematical research.

Charting the most significant developments that have taken place in mathematics since 1960, Devlin expertly describes these advances for the interested layperson and adroitly summarizes their significance as he leads the reader into the heart of the most interesting mathematical perplexities - from the biggest known prime number to the Shimura-Taniyama conjecture for Fermat's Last Theorem."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.