"...a blend of erudition (fascinating and sometimes obscure historical minutiae abound), popularization (mathematical rigor is relegated to appendices) and exposition (the reader need have little knowledge of the fields involved) ...and the illustrations include many superb examples of computer graphics that are works of art in their own right." Nature
| ISBN | 0716711869 | | Pages | 460 | | ISBN13 | 9780716711865
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 1126 | | Imprint | W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd | | Published in | New York | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 236 | | Publication date | 18 Nov 1982 | | Width (mm) | 207 | | Library of Congress | QA447.M357 | | Spine width (mm) | 27 | | DEWEY | 516.15 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC19 | |
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"A rarity: a picture book of sophisticated contemporary research ideas in mathematics."--Douglas Hofstadter, author of "Godel, Escher, Bach"
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