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Concepts of Modern Mathematics
First edition
AuthorIan Stewart
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMathematics
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherPelican Books
Publication date
1975
Media typePrint
Pages352 pages
ISBN0-14-021849-1
OCLC2020912
Dewey Decimal
510
LC ClassQA93 .S73

Concepts of Modern Mathematics is a book by mathematician and science popularizer Ian Stewart about then-recent developments in mathematics. It was originally published by Penguin Books in 1975,[1][2] updated in 1981, and reprinted by Dover publications in 1995[3] and 2015.[4]

  1. ^ Pieper, H., "Review of Concepts of Mathematics (Penguin, 1975)", zbMATH, Zbl 0345.00003
  2. ^ Neill, H. (March 1977), "Review of Concepts of Mathematics (Penguin, 1975)", The Mathematical Gazette, 61 (415): 65, doi:10.2307/3617450, JSTOR 3617450
  3. ^ Heuer, G. A. (1996), "Review of Concepts of Mathematics (Dover, 1995)", Mathematical Reviews, MR 1319145
  4. ^ Ruane, P. N. (October 2015), "Review of Concepts of Mathematics (Dover, 2015)", MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America

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