Once Upon a Prime The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
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Verlag:HarperCollins
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Verkaufsrang
14318
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
25.04.2024
Verlag
HarperCollinsSeitenzahl
304
Maße (L/B/H)
19.6/12.3/2.2 cm
Gewicht
210 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-00-860111-9
A New York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice
'An absolute joy to read!' - Steven Levitt, bestselling author of Freakonomics
'A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literarture'- Alex Bellos, bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland
'This exuberant book will educate, amuse and surprise. It might even add another dimension to the way you read.' - The Sunday Times
We often think of mathematics and literature as polar opposites. But what if, instead, they were fundamentally linked? In this insightful, laugh-out-loud funny book, Once Upon a Prime, Professor Sarah Hart shows us the myriad connections between maths and literature, and how understanding those connections can enhance our enjoyment of both.
Did you know, for instance, that Moby-Dickis full of sophisticated geometry? That James Joyce's stream-of-consciousness novels are deliberately checkered with mathematical references? That George Eliot was obsessed with statistics? That Jurassic Park is undergirded by fractal patterns? That Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote mathematician characters?
From sonnets to fairytales to experimental French literature, Once Upon a Prime takes us on an unforgettable journey through the books we thought we knew, revealing new layers of beauty and wonder. Professor Hart shows how maths and literature are complementary parts of the same quest, to understand human life and our place in the universe.
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