Indiscrete Thoughts
Indiscrete Thoughts gives a glimpse into a world that has seldom been described that of science and technology as seen through the eyes of a mathematician. The era covered by this book, 1950 to 1990, was surely one of the golden ages of science as well as the American university.
Cherished myths are debunked along the way as Gian-Carlo Rota takes pleasure in portraying, warts and all, some of the g...
Indiscrete Thoughts gives a glimpse into a world that has seldom been described that of science and technology as seen through the eyes of a mathematician. The era covered by this book, 1950 to 1990, was surely one of the golden ages of science as well as the American university.
Cherished myths are debunked along the way as Gian-Carlo Rota takes pleasure in portraying, warts and all, some of the g...