Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Undiluted Hocus–Pocus – The Autobiography of Martin Gardner

Autor Martin Gardner, Persi Diaconis, James Randi
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 oct 2013
The autobiography of the beloved writer who inspired a generation to study math and science
Martin Gardner wrote the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American for twenty-five years and published more than seventy books on topics as diverse as magic, religion, and Alice in Wonderland. Gardner's illuminating autobiography is a candid self-portrait by the man evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould called our single brightest beacon for the defense of rationality and good science against mysticism and anti-intellectualism.
Gardner takes readers from his childhood in Oklahoma to his varied and wide-ranging professional pursuits. He shares colorful anecdotes about the many fascinating people he met and mentored, and voices strong opinions on the subjects that matter to him most, from his love of mathematics to his uncompromising stance against pseudoscience. For Gardner, our mathematically structured universe is undiluted hocus-pocus--a marvelous enigma, in other words.
Undiluted Hocus-Pocus offers a rare, intimate look at Gardner's life and work, and the experiences that shaped both.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 15762 lei

Puncte Express: 236

Preț estimativ în valută:
3020 3271$ 2590£

Carte indisponibilă temporar

Doresc să fiu notificat când acest titlu va fi disponibil:

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780691159911
ISBN-10: 0691159912
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 20 Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 151 x 215 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Princeton University Press