What Is Mathematics?
First published 1941
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About this book
A tour of real mathematics, from numbers and geometry to topology and calculus, for anyone curious.
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Pairs with: How to Solve It (Pólya)
In print
Yes · Oxford University Press, 2nd edition
Which edition
Get the 2nd edition (1996), revised by Ian Stewart, with a new chapter on developments since 1941; the original text is unchanged.
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Editions
42 editions · 2 hardcover, 2 paperback · 5 languages
First published 1941
Earliest edition listed: 1941 · OUP · UND
- 1941 · OUP · UND
- 1941 · Oxford University Press
- 1941 · Oxford University Press · ISBN 9780195005172
- 1941 · Oxford University Press
- 1941 · O.U.P.
- 1941 · Oxford U. P.
- 1941 · Oxford university press
- 1941 · Oxford university press
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- 1943 · Oxford University Press
- 1947 · Oxford University Press · Fourth edition.
- 1951 · Oxford University Press
- 1951 · Oxford University Press
- 1956 · Oxford University Press · [4th ed.]
- 1956 · Oxford University Press · 7th ed.
- 1958 · Oxford University Press · 4th ed. --
- 1960 · Oxford University Press
- 1961 · Oxford
- 1961 · Oxford University Press · 4th ed.
- 1961 · Oxford University Press · 4th ed.
- 1961 · Oxford University Press
- 1961 · Oxford University Press · [4th ed.]
- 1962 · Springer · 2. Aufl. · German
- 1963 · Oxford U. P.
- 1967 · Springer · 2 Aulf. · German
- 1969 · Oxford University Press
- 1973 · Springer · Paperback · 3. Aufl. edition · German · ISBN 9783540062561
- 1973 · Oxford University Press
- 1978 · Oxford University Press · [4th ed.]
- 1979
- 1980 · Oxford University Press · ISBN 9780195025170
- 1992 · Springer-Verlag · Hardcover · 4th edition · UND · ISBN 9780387557434
- 1992 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · Elektronische Ressource · Vierte, unveränderte Auflage · German · ISBN 9783662226032
- 1993 · Springer · German · ISBN 9783540995197
- 1996 · Oxford University Press, Incorporated · ISBN 9780199754878
- 1996 · Oxford University Press · 2nd ed. / revised by Ian Stewart. · ISBN 9780195105193
- 1998 · Prószyński i S-ka · OkłAdka MięKka · Polish · ISBN 9788371800054
- 2000 · Bollati Boringhieri · Brossura · Italian · ISBN 9788833912004
- 2000 · Springer · Hardcover · 5., unveränd. Aufl. edition · German · ISBN 9783540637776
- 2010 · Springer · 5., unvera nd. Aufl., [Nachdr.] · German · ISBN 9783642137006
- 2014 · OXFORD UP · Paperback · ISBN 9780195687101
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