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- Tags: Mathematics
Willy�s mathematics
'Willy�s mathematics', Harpers
Tags: 1920; 1920-3-1; 1920s; Clerks (Retail trade); Grocery shopping; Humor; Mathematics; Maths; Role playing in children; Study and teaching; Teaching; United States
Mathematics up to date
'Mathematics up to date', Harpers
Tags: 1920; 1920-3-1; 1920s; Addition; Children�s questions and answers; Humor; Inflation (Finance); Mathematics; Maths; Other; Study and teaching; United States
Higher mathematics
'Higher mathematics', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1922; 1922-12-1; Day laborers; Humor; Mathematics; Maths; Other; United States
Math�s a pleasure
'Math�s a pleasure', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1954; 1954-8-1; Math anxiety; Mathematical recreations; Mathematics; Maths; Other; Salvadori, Mario George; Study and teaching; United States; Word problems (Mathematics)
Math even parents can understand
'Math even parents can understand', Harpers
Tags: 1950s; 1958; 1958-4-1; Drucker, Peter Ferdinand; Education; Mathematical ability; Mathematics; Maths; Other; Parent participation; Study and teaching; United States
Mathematics for practically everybody
'Mathematics for practically everybody', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1963; 1963-8-1; Øystein Ore; Book reviews; Books; C.D. (Carl Douglas) Olds; Frank Land; Guillemin, V.; Helen Wright; James Roy Newman; Martin Gardner; Mathematics; Maths; P.W. (Percy Williams) Bridgman; Reviews; Samuel Berder Rapport; United States
Frege and Analytical Philosophy
'Frege and Analytical Philosophy', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980; 1980-9-18; 1980s; Brian McGuinness; David Bell; Dummett, Michael; Gottlob Frege; Hans Sluga; Heinrich Scholz; Mathematics; max Black; Peter Feach; Philosophy; STS
Genius
'Genius', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1982; 1982-6-17; Arthur Koestler; Bisociation; D.N. Perkins; Gregory, Richard; Mathematics; Medicine; Philip Davis; Psychology; Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Reuben Hersh
Frege and his Rivals
'Frege and his Rivals', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1982; 1982-8-19; Gottfried Frege; Gregory Currie; Logic; Mathematics; Michael Dummett; Morton, Adam; Philosophy; STS
Carnivals of Progress
'Carnivals of Progress', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1983; 1983-2-17; Arnold Thackray; History of Science; Jack Morrell; John Maynard Smith; Mathematics; Peter Collins; Roy MacLeod; Scientific Societies; STS; Thomas Hankins; William Rown Hamilton; Ziman, John
Undecidables
'Undecidables', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1984; 1984-2-16; Alan Turing; Andrew Hodges; Computer Science; Cryptography; Hampshire, Stuart; Logic; Mathematics; Maths
In Piam Memoriam
'In Piam Memoriam', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1985; 1985-6-20; A. N. Whitehead; Ayer, A. J.; Mathematics; Philosophy; STS
Hofstadterismus
'Hofstadterismus', London Review of Books
Tags: 1980s; 1986; 1986-4-17; Dorothy Stein; Douglas Hofstadter; Hodges, Andrew; Logic; Mathematics; Maths; Psychology; Social Critique
The Meaning of Mngwotngwotiki
'The Meaning of Mngwotngwotiki', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1991; 1991-10-1; Anthropology; Korn, Eric; Mathematics; Science; Social sciences; Thomas Krump
The Mountains of Pi
'The Mountains of Pi', The New Yorker
Tags: 1990s; 1992; 1992-3-2; Gregory Chudnovsky; mail-order; Mathematics; Maths; number theory; Preston, Richard; supercomputer; supercomputers; theorems and hypotheses
Blood and logic
'Blood and logic', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1994; 1994-6-1; Biography; Dummett, Michael; Jean van Heijenoort; Leon Trotsky; Logic; Mathematics; Maths
When to Stop Counting
'When to Stop Counting', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1997; 1997-11-27; Amir Aczel; Andrew Wiles; Fermat's Last Theorem; Mathematics; Maths; Rotman, Brian; theorems and hypotheses
Fortress Mathematica
'Fortress Mathematica', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-9-17; Astrobiology; Biology; G�nter Ziegler; John Nash; Martin Aigner; Mathematics; Maths; Paul Erd�s; Paul Hoffman; Rotman, Brian; Sylvia Nasar
Sea-shells and Tigers
'Sea-shells and Tigers', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1999; 1999-3-18; Alan Turing; Astrobiology; Biology; D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson; Ian Stewart; John Tyler Bonner; Kitcher, Philip; Mathematics; Maths; Stephen Jay Gould; tom Stoppard
Iterations of immortality
'Iterations of immortality', Harpers
Tags: 2000; 2000-1-1; 2000s; Algorithms; Berlinski, David; Biology; DNA; Genetics; Mathematics; Molecular Biology
Counting Body Parts
'Counting Body Parts', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000; 2000-1-20; 2000s; Brian Butterworth; Innateness; Mathematics; Maths; Paulos, John Allen
Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it
'Why statistics tend not only to describe the world but to change it', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000; 2000-4-13; 2000s; Alain Desrosi�res; Daston, Lorraine; Ian Hacking; Marie-No�lle Bourguet; Mary Morgan; Mathematics; Maths; Statistics; Stephen Stigler; Theodore Porter
How to Catch a Tortoise
'How to Catch a Tortoise', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2003; 2003-12-18; Aristotle; Brian Clegg; David Foster Wallace; Ellen Kaplan; Georg Cantor; Infinity; Mathematics; Maths; Moore, A. W.; Robert Kaplan
The Seven Million Dollar Question
'The Seven Million Dollar Question', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2004; 2004-7-22; Bernhard Riemann; David Hilbert; Henri Poincar�; Keith Devlin; Mathematics; Maths; Moore, A. W.; Prizes; theorems and hypotheses; Unsolved Problems
The Strange Case of Louis de Branges
'The Strange Case of Louis de Branges', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2004; 2004-7-22; Atle Selberg; Bela Bollobas; Brian Conrey; Louis de Branges; Mathematics; Maths; Nikolai Niklski; Paul Malliavin; Riemann Hypothesis; Sabbagh, Karl; theorems and hypotheses
It�s raining, so I�ll take an umbrella
'It�s raining, so I�ll take an umbrella', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2005; 2005-1-12; Alan Turing; Clark, Andy; computability; Computer Science; Engineering; Information Technology; Mathematics
The Blindfolded Archer
'The Blindfolded Archer', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2005; 2005-4-8; Benoit Manelbort; Chaos Theory; Economics; Financial services; Fractal Geometry; MacKenzie, Donald; Mathematics; Maths; Richard Hudson
Miracles Aren�t Enough
'Miracles Aren�t Enough', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2006; 2006-1-26; Ellis, George; Mathematics; Physics; Roger Penrose; Theoretical Physics
Provenly Unprovable
'Provenly Unprovable', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2006; 2006-9-2; Biography; Feferman, Solomon; Fiction; Incompleteness Theorem; Kurt G�del; Mathematics; Maths; theorems and hypotheses
Other Lives
'Other Lives', London Review of Books
Tags: 2000s; 2007; 2007-2-22; Burnyeat, M. F.; Charles Kahn; Christoph Riedweg; History of Science; Mathematics; Maths; Pythagoras