Lewis Carroll in Numberland His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life : An Agony in Eight Fits

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Publisher's Synopsis

Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician.

Now his forgotten achievements in the world of numbers are brought to light by acclaimed author and mathematician Robin Wilson. Here he explores the curious imagination of a man whose pioneering work at Oxford University included investigations into voting patterns and tennis seeding, who dreamt up numerical conundrums in bed at night and who filled his writings with problems, paradoxes, puzzles and teasing games of logic.

Taking us into a world of mock turtles and maps, gryphons and gravity, Lewis Carroll in Numberland reveals the singular mind of a genius.

Book information

ISBN: 9780141016108
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 510
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 196g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 15mm