Tween Primes: Letters to a Young Mathematician by Ian Stewart

Sun Oct 14, 2018
5:30pm to 6:30pm ET
Age: Tweens & teens
Price: Tween Primes: $15; Tween Primes and Unlimited: $20
Location:
National Museum of Mathematics
(212) 542-0566
11 East 26th Street, New York, NY, 10010
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Letters to a Young Mathematician tells readers what Ian Stewart wishes he had known when he was a student and young faculty member.

Subjects include what mathematics is and why it's worth doing, the relationship between logic and proof, the role of beauty in mathematical thinking, the future of mathematics, how to deal with the peculiarities of the mathematical community, and many others.

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