Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
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Hal Hellman
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Praise for Hal Hellman and Great Feuds in Mathematics
"Those who think that mathematicians are cold, mechanical proving machines will do well to read Hellman's book on conflicts in mathematics. The main characters are as excitable and touchy as the next man. But Hellman's stories also show how scientific fights bring out sharper formulations and better arguments."
-Professor Dirk van Dalen, Philosophy Department, Utrecht University
"Stimulating."
-Journal of the American Medical Association
"Those who think that mathematicians are cold, mechanical proving machines will do well to read Hellman's book on conflicts in mathematics. The main characters are as excitable and touchy as the next man. But Hellman's stories also show how scientific fights bring out sharper formulations and better arguments."
-Professor Dirk van Dalen, Philosophy Department, Utrecht University
"Stimulating."
-Journal of the American Medical Association
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Book details
- Author
- Hal Hellman
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 256
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Mathematics
- Topics
- mathematics history · famous mathematicians · mathematical disputes · history of science · logical foundations of mathematics · math discoveries
- ISBN-13
- 9781681620107 (Paperback)9781681620121 (Hardcover)
About the author
HAL HELLMAN was an American popular science writer and the author of more than 26 popular science books, including the six-volume series The World of the Future, translated into ten languages. His recent books include Great Feuds in Mathematics, Great Feuds in Technology and Great Feuds in Medicine.
Hellman’s Great Feuds in Science received a Library of Congress Children’s Literature Center award listing and was praised by American Scientist. He contributed articles to The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Omni, Psychology Today, and Geo.
Hal lived in Leonia, New Jersey.