A Mathematician's Apology by G H Hardy
G. H. Hardy was one of this century's finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a 'real mathematician ... the purest of the pure'. He was also, as C. P. Snow recounts in his Foreword, 'unorthodox, eccentric, radical, ready to talk about anything'. This 'apology', written in 1940, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a science; when it was first published, Graham Greene hailed it alongside Henry James's notebooks as 'the best account of what it was like to be a creative artist'. C. P. Snow's Foreword gives sympathetic and witty insights into Hardy's life, with its rich store of anecdotes concerning his collaboration with the brilliant Indian mathematician Ramanujan, his idiosyncrasies and his passion for cricket. This is a unique account of the fascination of mathematics and of one of its most compelling exponents in modern times.-
What is Life?
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Governing the Commons
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Mortal Questions
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The Invention of Tradition
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The Discarded Image
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The New Knighthood
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The Two Cultures
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On Growth and Form
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English as a Global Language
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Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings
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Mr Tompkins in Paperback
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An Experiment in Criticism
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Morality
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Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning
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The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
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The Golem
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Think on my Words
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The Spanish Labyrinth
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Aztecs
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Nations and Nationalism since 1780
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The Decipherment of Linear B
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The Trial of the Templars
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'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism'
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Studies in Words
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Language Death
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The Life of Isaac Newton
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States and Social Revolutions
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Quantum Physics
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The Conquests of Alexander the Great
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Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older
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Information and the Nature of Reality
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The Fall of Constantinople 1453
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The Allegory of Love
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The Sicilian Vespers
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Medieval Women
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The English Language
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The Golem at Large
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On Space and Time
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The British Isles
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Science and Religion
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What Was History?
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Spenser's Images of Life
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Selected Literary Essays
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Ecological Imperialism
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The Theft of History
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Beyond Smoke and Mirrors
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When Things Fell Apart
'A classic tale of retrospection considering wider, powerful themes in mathematics' Mathematics Today
'Hardy provides an amazing insight into the mind of the mathematician.' Marcus du Sautoy, The Week
'Hardy provides an amazing insight into the mind of the mathematician.' Marcus du Sautoy, Waitrose Weekend Magazine
'Hardy provides an amazing insight into the mind of the mathematician.' Marcus du Sautoy, The Week
'Hardy provides an amazing insight into the mind of the mathematician.' Marcus du Sautoy, Waitrose Weekend Magazine
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| ISBN 13 | 9781107604636 |
| ISBN 10 | 110760463X |
| Title | A Mathematician's Apology |
| Author | G H Hardy |
| Series | Canto Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2012-03-26 |
| Number of pages | 154 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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