Description: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer. His most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. Fascinated by the inner life of Charles Lutwidge Dodson, Robin Wilson, a Carroll scholar and a noted mathematics professor, has produced this revelatory book--filled with more than one hundred striking and often playful illustrations--that examines the many inspirations and sources for Carroll's fantastical writings, mathematical and otherwise. As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll--who published serious, if occasionally eccentric, works in the fields of geometry, logic, and algebra--made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. In the tradition of Sylvia Nasar's A Beautiful Mind and Andrew Hodges's Alan Turing, this is an engaging look at the incredible genius of one of mathematics' and literature's most enigmatic minds. Pictures are of the actual book for sale. Please message me for a discount if you are interested in more than one of my listings. Thank you for visiting my listing!
Price: 9.95 USD
Location: Bothell, Washington
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Publication Year: 2008
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Lewis Carroll in Numberland
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Author: Robin Wilson
Features: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Publisher: Norton
Genre: Mathematics & Sciences
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Mathematics, Lewis Carroll, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
