Fantasia Mathematica: Being a Set of Stories, Together with a Group of Oddments and Diversions, All Drawn from the Universe of MathematicsBook Description: Clifton Fadiman's classic collection of mathematical stories, essays and anecdotes is now once again available. Ranging from the poignant to the comical via the simply surreal, these selections include writing by Aldous Huxley, Martin Gardner, H.G. Wells, George Gamow, G.H. Hardy, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and many others. Humorous, mysterious, and always entertaining, this collection is sure to bring a smile to the faces of mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike. |
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User Review - jugglingpaynes - LibraryThingMy favorite of the stories in this anthology is "And He Built a Crooked House" by Heinlein. "The Island of Five Colors" by Martin Gardner is another good one. Read full review
Contents
Young Archimedes by ALDOUS HUXLEY | 3 |
Pythagoras and the Psychoanalyst by ARTHUR KOESTLER | 35 |
Peter Learns Arithmetic by H G WELLS | 46 |
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| Title | Fantasia Mathematica: Being a Set of Stories, Together with a Group of Oddments and Diversions, All Drawn from the Universe of Mathematics A Fireside book An Essandess paperback |
| Editor | Clifton Fadiman |
| Compiled by | Clifton Fadiman |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1958 |
| ISBN | 0671244515, 9780671244514 |
| Length | 298 pages |
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