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The New York Times Book of Mathematics: More Than 100 Years of Writing by the Numbers

Author: Gina Kolata (Editor), Paul Hoffman (Foreword)
ISBN #: 9781402793226
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Sterling Publishing
Publisher Location: New York
Book Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 2013
About As New in all respects. Unmarked / Unread. First printing, full number line. From the Library Journal: “Collecting articles of a mathematics bent from three centuries of pieces found in America's most celebrated daily newspapers, Kolata (senior writer, New York Times, Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Cause It) displays her expertise as an editor in a book that is both a history of modern mathematics—as an academic, social, and political phenomenon—and a Who's Who of great science/math writers..." Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.