Lewis Carroll in Numberland - His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life: An Agony in Eight Fits

In the tradition of Sylvia Nasar's A Beautiful Mind, this penetrating work explores the amazing imagination and mathematical genius of the man who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 100 illustrations.

About the author

Robin Wilson is the author and editor of more than thirty books, including Four Colors Suffice and Lewis Carroll in Wonderland. He is a professor of pure mathematics at the Open University, and a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford University. He lives in London.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Wilson
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2010
• EAN: 9780393304527
• ISBN: 978-0-393-30452-7
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 350 g
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries