A Mathematician's Apology

C. P. Snow(序言), G. H. Hardy(作者) 

出版社: Cambridge University Press; Reissue (2012年3月26日)

丛书名: Canto Classics

平装: 154页

语种： 英语

ISBN: 110760463X

条形码: 9781107604636

商品尺寸: 13.8 x 0.9 x 21.6 cm 

商品重量: 218 g 

内容简介

G. H. Hardy was one of this century's finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a 'real mathematician … the purest of the pure'. He was also, as C. P. Snow recounts in his Foreword, 'unorthodox, eccentric, radical, ready to talk about anything'. This 'apology', written in 1940, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a science; when it was first published, Graham Greene hailed it alongside Henry James's notebooks as 'the best account of what it was like to be a creative artist'. C. P. Snow's Foreword gives sympathetic and witty insights into Hardy's life, with its rich store of anecdotes concerning his collaboration with the brilliant Indian mathematician Ramanujan, his idiosyncrasies and his passion for cricket. This is a unique account of the fascination of mathematics and of one of its most compelling exponents in modern times.

媒体推荐

'A classic tale of retrospection considering wider, powerful themes in mathematics.' Mathematics Today

'Hardy provides an amazing insight into the mind of the mathematician.' Marcus du Sautoy, Waitrose Weekend Magazine 

目录

Foreword C. P. Snow; Preface; A Mathematician's Apology: chapters 1–29; Note.