Mathematical Apocrypha Redux: More Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical (Spectrum) by Steven Krantz (PDF)

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A companion to Mathematical Apocrypha, this second volume of anecdotes, stories, quips, and ruminations about mathematics and mathematicians is sure to please. It differs from other books of its type in that many of the stories are from the twentieth century and many about currently living mathematicians. A number of the best stories come from the author’s first-hand experience. The writing is lively, engaging, and informative. There are stories the reader may wish to share with students and colleagues, friends, and relatives. The purpose of the book is to explore and to celebrate the many facets of mathematical life. The stories reveal mathematicians as intense, human, and sympathetic. They should resonate with readers everywhere.

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Editorial Reviews: Review ‘A companion to Mathematica Apocrypha, this second volume of anecdotes, stories, quips and ruminations about mathematics and mathematicians is sure to please. It differs from other books of this type in that many of the stories are from the twentieth century and many about currently living mathematicians. The writing is lively, engaging and informative. The stories reveal mathematicians as intense, human and sympathetic. They should resonate with readers everywhere.’ L’enseignement mathematique Book Description A volume of anecdotes, stories, quips, and ruminations about mathematics and mathematicians. Book Description A companion to Mathematical Apocrypha, this second volume of anecdotes, stories, quips, and ruminations about mathematics and mathematicians is sure to please. The purpose of this lively, engaging, and informative book is to explore and to celebrate the many facets of mathematical life, revealing mathematicians as intense, human, and sympathetic. About the Author Steve Krantz is Professor of Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis. Read more

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⭐In my reading of Steven Krantz’s “Mathematical Apocrypha”, I encounter numerous anecdotes that endorse the view that not only do mathematicians tend to be eccentric, but they are often very funny — sometimes intentionally so, and sometimes not.As something of an amateur mathematician-mathematical hobbyist, I find Krantz’s book a very good read — well worth buying. My guess is that many non-mathematicians could also find in the book many stories about mathematicians and their numerous quirks that could provide for humorous storytelling and joking.As an enthusiaist of mathematical ideas and those who generate them, I find “Mathematical Apocrypha” to be the best source of mathematical anecdotes I’ve yet been blessed with encountering.

⭐Don’t expect all the stories to be funny. Otherwise a good time pass and shows some insights into the mathematical minds.

⭐I am learning so much from this book.

⭐mögen sie noch so gut sein, sind in der Regel erfunden oder nicht belegbar. In dieser wunderbaren Sammlung gibt Steven Krantz im Vorwort die Garantie, dass alle hier gesammelten Anekdoten der Realität entsprechen. Viele der geschilderten Personen und Begebenheiten sind unglaublich – etwa wenn Besicovitschs Frau einen ganzen Tag lang im Auto wartet, bis ihr Mann seinen Besuch bei einem Kollegen abgeschlossen hat. Im Buch begegnen uns aber nicht nur die großen Namen, sondern auch Erinnerungen an weniger berühmte Mathematiker, die oft nicht weniger exzentrisch waren als die bekannten. Die Qualität der kurzen Anekdoten variiert vom Brüller bis zu simplen Situationsbeschreibungen, denen ich manchmal nicht viel abgewinnen kann, aber das ist bei einer solchen Sammlung verzeihlich. Mit diesem Buch (und mit dem “zweiten Band”

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⭐Mathematical Apocrypha Redux: More Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical (Spectrum)

⭐) wird jeder Mathematiker/Mathematikerin seine helle Freude haben.

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⭐was ich zum Vorgänger

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⭐Mathematical Apocrypha: Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical (Spectrum)

⭐gesagt habe. Vielleicht nicht ganz so stark, weil die allerbesten Anekdoten bereits im ersten Band erscheinen.

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