Trefethen's index cards : forty years of notes about people, words and mathematics /

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Acclaimed mathematician Lloyd N Trefethen, Professor of Numerical Analysis at Oxford University, has created an intellectual diary, marking the development of his interests and ideas, since his teenage years. This book collects these ideas, which represent observations in subjects ranging from astro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trefethen, Lloyd N. (Lloyd Nicholas)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific Pub., ©2011.
Temas:
Trefethen, Lloyd N. > (Lloyd Nicholas)
Mathematicians > Quotations.
Mathematics > Quotations, maxims, etc.
Mathématiciens > Citations.
Mathématiques > Citations, maximes, etc.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
Mathematicians
Mathematics
Quotations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ego
  • Kids
  • Aging and death
  • Sex
  • Living with others
  • The meaning of life
  • Politics and society
  • Cold war nukes
  • Education
  • Britain
  • Famous people
  • Optimizing your life
  • The life of the professor
  • Music
  • Words
  • Writing and literature
  • Memory
  • Misperceptions
  • Knowledge and truth
  • Analogies
  • Bad logic
  • God and religion
  • Good and evil.

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