Mathematical Scandals

Mathematical Scandals

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Midwest Book Review
Pappas' passion for math has produced many previous winning titles: this presents a new vision for exploring math, examining deceptions and math problems which take the form of challenging vignettes and examples. Even reluctant math users will find the blend of intrigue and social history involving.

Card catalog description
Why isn't there a Nobel Prize in Mathematics? Why was the first woman mathematician murdered? Was Einstein's first wife the real brains behind his theory? In this highly readable volume of vignettes, coupled with factual background, Pappas has assembled fascinating stories of intrigue and the bizarre - in short, the human background of the history of mathematics.

Mathematical Scandals,Theoni Pappas,Wide World Publishing,188455010X,Biography,General,History & Philosophy,Mathematicians,Mathematicians And Their Works,Mathematics,Science/Mathematics,History of mathematics

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