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Winner of the 2009 Euler Book Prize, awarded by the Mathematical Association of America for an outstanding book about mathematics. The Euler Prize citation reads: "This book by Siobhan Roberts gives an intimate and engaging portrait of one of the most influential mathematicians of the last... read more
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- Donald Coxeter: Add a description of this character.
- Gott
- Bourbaki
- Einstein
- Whiteley
- John Conway
- Buckminster Fuller
- Rien
- Harold
- Hofstadter
- Susan
- Lang
- Odom
- M. C. Escher
- Alice
- Katie
- Robinson
- Baker
- Weyl
- Kepler
- Hilbert
- C. R. Math
- Bolyai
- Morley
- Michael
- Stekel
- Wittgenstein
- Stott
- George
- Noether
- Edgar
- Dyson
- Infeld
- Penrose
- Harry
- Smith
- H. S. M. Coxeter
- Lucy
- Robson
- J. Math
- Roger
- Sloane
- Hardy
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Siobhan Roberts (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc.
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0887842011
Page Count: 399
Publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc.
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0887842011
Page Count: 399
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 510.92
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