An exuberant enthusiasm for Mathematics (and life in general) shines through Dr.
As she promises, you\'re going to need a bigger bookcase..
As the first woman to hold England\'s oldest mathematical chair, Professor Hart is the ideal tour guide, taking us on an unforgettable journey through the books we thought we knew, revealing new layers of beauty and wonder.
Did you know, for instance, that Moby-Dick is 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, Professor Hart shows how math and Literature are complementary parts of the same quest, to understand human life and our place in the universe.
But what if, instead, they were fundamentally linked? In her clear, insightful, laugh-out-loud funny debut, Once Upon a Prime , Professor Sarah Hart shows us the myriad Connections Between math and literature, and how understanding those Connections can enhance our enjoyment of both.
We often think of Mathematics and Literature as polar opposites. --The New York Times An absolute joy to read! --Steven Levitt, New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomics For fans of Seven Brief Lessons in Physics , an exploration of the many ways Mathematics can transform our understanding of Literature and vice versa, by the first woman to hold England\'s oldest mathematical chair.
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An exuberant enthusiasm for Mathematics (and life in general) shines through Dr
