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Genius at play : the curious mind of John Horton Conway / Siobhan Roberts.
Van Pelt Library QA29.C66 R63 2015
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Siobhan
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conway, John H. (John Horton).
- Conway, John H.
- Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Mathematicians.
- Mathematics teachers.
- Great Britain.
- New Jersey--Princeton.
- Mathematics teachers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Mathematics teachers--New Jersey--Princeton--Biography.
- Game theory.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.
- Contents:
- Act I
- 1 Identity Elements 3
- 2 Dazzling New World 10
- 3 Gymnastics 19
- 4 Calculate the Stars 43
- 5 Nerdish Delights 57
- 6 The Vow 83
- Act II
- 7 Religion 103
- 8 Criteria of Virtue 109
- 9 Character Assassination 128
- 10 Snip, Clip, Prune, Lop 171
- 11 Dotto & Company 216
- 12 Truth Beauty, Beauty Truth 241
- Act III
- 13 Mórtality Flash 271
- 14 Optional Probability Fields 282
- 15 Lustration 320
- 19 Take it as Axiomatic 334
- 17 Humpty Dumpty's Prerogative 351.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-422) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781620405932
- 1620405938
- OCLC:
- 894491870
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