Littlewood's miscellany /
Littlewood, John E. 1885-1977.
Littlewood's miscellany / edited by Bela Bollobas. - Rev. ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University, 1986. - 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.
Rev. ed. of: A mathematician's miscellany.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction to A mathematician's miscellany -- Mathematics with minimum 'raw material' -- From the mathematical tripos -- Cross-purposes, unconscious assumptions, howlers, misprints, etc. -- The zoo -- Ballistics -- The dilemma of probability theory -- From Format's last theorem to the abolition of capital punishment -- A mathematical education -- Review of Ramanujan's collected papers -- Large numbers -- Lion and man -- People -- Academic life -- Odds and ends -- Newton and the attraction of a sphere -- The discovery of Neptune -- The Adams - Airy affair -- The Mathematician's art of work.
052133702X
Mathematics
510
Littlewood's miscellany / edited by Bela Bollobas. - Rev. ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University, 1986. - 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.
Rev. ed. of: A mathematician's miscellany.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction to A mathematician's miscellany -- Mathematics with minimum 'raw material' -- From the mathematical tripos -- Cross-purposes, unconscious assumptions, howlers, misprints, etc. -- The zoo -- Ballistics -- The dilemma of probability theory -- From Format's last theorem to the abolition of capital punishment -- A mathematical education -- Review of Ramanujan's collected papers -- Large numbers -- Lion and man -- People -- Academic life -- Odds and ends -- Newton and the attraction of a sphere -- The discovery of Neptune -- The Adams - Airy affair -- The Mathematician's art of work.
052133702X
Mathematics
510