Once upon a prime

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A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

“Wide-ranging and thoroughly winning.” —Jordan Ellenberg, The New York Times Book Review

“An absolute joy to read!" —Steven Levitt, New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomics

For fans of Seven Brief Lessons in Physics, an exploration of the many ways mathematics can transform our understanding of literature and vice versa, by the first woman to hold England's oldest mathematical chair.

We often think of mathematics and literature as polar opposites. But what if, instead, they were fundamentally linked? In her clear, insightful, laugh-out-loud funny debut, Once Upon a Prime, Professor Sarah Hart shows us the myriad connections between math and literature, and how understanding those connections can enhance our enjoyment of both.

Did you know, for instance, that Moby-Dick is full of sophisticated geometry? That James Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness novels are deliberately checkered with mathematical references? That George Eliot was obsessed with statistics? That Jurassic Park is undergirded by fractal patterns? That Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote mathematician characters? From sonnets to fairytales to experimental French literature, Professor Hart shows how math and literature are complementary parts of the same quest, to understand human life and our place in the universe.

As the first woman to hold England’s oldest mathematical chair, Professor Hart is the ideal tour guide, taking us on an unforgettable journey through the books we thought we knew, revealing new layers of beauty and wonder. As she promises, you’re going to need a bigger bookcase.

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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

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a hugely entertaining and well written tour of the links between math and literature hart s lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read bookworms and number lovers alike will discover much they didn t know about the creative interplay between stories s Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Once Upon a Prime

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a hugely entertaining and well written tour of the links between math and literature hart s lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read bookworms and number lovers alike will discover much they didn t know about the creative interplay between stories 1 - 2 weken .. MEER INFO

Mapping the Darkness

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fascinating magisterially researched and brilliantly written steve silberman author of neurotribes thirty two days underground no heat no sunlight 4 june 1938 nathaniel kleitman and his research student make their way down the seventy one steps leading to the mouth of mammoth cave the Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 11 april 2023

Aantal pagina's: 304

Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Sarah Hart

Hoofduitgeverij: Flatiron Books

AI-gegenereerd: Nee

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Editie: 1

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Product breedte: 168 mm

Product hoogte: 28 mm

Product lengte: 244 mm

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Verpakking breedte: 168 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 28 mm

Verpakking lengte: 244 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 454 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9781250850881

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