Academic life in Cambridge especially in Trinity College is viewed through the eyes of one of its greatest figures. Most of Professor Littlewood's earlier work is presented along with a wealth of new material.
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"Every line will delight lovers of mathematics, but even readers who have never had a mathematical thought will--if they love evidence of humane intelligence and wise wit--find here much to savor. A very special classic." SciTech Book News
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Academic life in Cambridge especially in Trinity College is viewed through the eyes of one of its greatest figures. Most of Prof. Littlewood's earlier work is presented along with a wealth of new material.
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A celebration of the excitement and joy of doing mathematics,
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There has been a flood of recent books detailing the agony and even the mental illness of mathematicians. This book is a rare and refreshing exception. A collection of the popular writings of J. E. Littlewood, a leading mathematician of the twentieth century, it demonstrates and celebrates the intellectual excitement and even the joy of doing creative mathematics.
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Gaiety of genius MIGHT be an understatement,
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Littlewood is the kind of historical scientific figure people look up to, not only because of his legacy in mathematical research but also for his towering intellectual reputation. I (shamelessly) admit here that I've read and reread this book so many times, each time picking up some nuances and details that Littlewood subtly convey between his lines. It is a glimpse into the mind of a genius. His style of writing is not out-of-fashion even many years after he put it on paper, probably in between replying to math letters from Hardy, and proving a theorem in analysis. Miscellany is nothing short than the last century's most incredible mathematical essay.
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1. A Miscellany is a collection without a natural ordering relation; I shall not attempt a spurious unity by imposing artificial ones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Senior Wrangler, Bertrand Russell, Mathematical Tripos, Fellowship Election, Sex Viri, First World War, Montagu Butler, Mathematical Gazette, Combination Room, Minor Scholarship, Miss Cartwright, Chrystal's Algebra, Henry Jackson, Junior Bursar, Lake Leman, London Math, South Africa New!
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Senior Wrangler, Bertrand Russell, Mathematical Tripos, Fellowship Election, Sex Viri, First World War, Montagu Butler, Mathematical Gazette, Combination Room, Minor Scholarship, Miss Cartwright, Chrystal's Algebra, Henry Jackson, Junior Bursar, Lake Leman, London Math, South Africa New!
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- Greek Science by Benjamin Farrington on page 101
- Virginia Woolf (Modern Novelists) by Edward Bishop on page 162
- The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development by Ernst Mach on page 27
- Pure Mathematics 3 & 4 (Advanced Modular Mathematics) (v. 3 & 4) by Graham Smithers on page 136
- My Philosophical Development by Bertrand Russell on page 131
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- Inverse Problems: Activities for Undergraduates (Classroom Resource Materials) by Charles W. Groetsch in Back Matter
- Speaking of Science by Jon Fripp on page 184
- Logic and Information by Keith Devlin on page 301
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