
Trefethen's Index Cards: Forty Years Of Notes About People, Words And Mathematics
Forty Years of Notes About People, Words and Mathematics
Lloyd N. Trefethen(Author)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Will be published approx. on 15. June 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-981-4360-69-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is a book unique in structure - a collection of ideas noted on index cards over a period of 40 years.Acclaimed mathematician Lloyd N Trefethen, Professor of Numerical Analysis at Oxford University, has created an intellectual diary, marking the development of his interests and ideas, from his teenage years to the present. These thoughts stand as signposts, directing us through a mind that applies the same scientific discipline and rigor in everyday life as that needed for success in science and academia. Informative and entertaining, Professor Trefethen's Index Cards is a collage of observations of rare clarity, in subjects ranging from astronomy to family life, and from music to politics.The book will be of interest not only to other scientists and mathematicians, but to anyone in the general public interested in discerning how a scientific outlook informs the way we see broader issues in the societies we live in.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 113 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-4360-69-2 (9789814360692)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Ego; Kids; Aging and Death; Sex; Living with Others; The Meaning of Life; Politics and Society; Cold War Nukes; Education; Britain; Famous People; Optimizing Your Life; The Life of the Professor; Music; Words; Writing and Literature; Memory; Misperceptions; Knowledge and Truth; Analogies; Bad Logic; God and Religion; Good and Evil; Science; Stars and Planets; Mathematics; Big Numbers; Mathematics and Science in Everyday Life; Inventions; Computers; Life and DNA; Hearts, Minds and Bodies.