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Biography: Maciej Dunajski is a Fellow of Clare College , and a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.
As the name suggests the book tries to tell a non-mathematician but interested person, what is Math about, what is it's goals, how mathematicians think and some techniques and results of modern and classical Math. Nothing new to people who knew anything about math, and not terribly interesting to people trying to learn something about math. This book has vividly elaborated how the complex set of theorems or proofs arise from the basics axioms.Kupio sam je i pročitao iz razloga što sam profesor matematike i uvek tragam za ovakvom literaturom u nadi da ću otkriti neke nove načine kako se matematika može učiniti zanimljivija učenicima. I would say that the best audience of the book is a beginning undergrad in a stem program, a motivated and mature high school students with a keen interest on maths or a layman with some maturity of mathematical concepts. The amount of equations is minimal, but still some maturity is required to fully appreciate the contents. while reading the 6th part I remembered of the phrase that was engraved on the door of plato's academy which goes like this: "LET NO ONE IGNORANT OF GEOMETRY ENTER HERE", I wonder how many people were rejected.
It is a lovely little book, to be recommended for sixth-formers or first year undergraduates: it will open their eyes to the amazing beauty and power of this ancient and modern subject. all this being said, this book is great for someone who has had mathematics in high school and knows what's what. uk/Home/>, and a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.
Some of the later chapters are not as good but are still clear and give more idea of what math is rally about. Don't bother with this one; if you want an engaging an accessible overview of mathematics, go pick up the far more interesting 'Language of Mathematics,' by Kieth Devlin. Maciej Dunajski is a Fellow of Clare College , and a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. There are chapters on Models, Numbers and Abstraction, Proofs, Limits and Infinity, Dimension, Geometry, Estimates and Approximations and a list of Frequently Asked Questions.