Just when we thought we knew everything about Lewis Carroll, here comes a highly original biography that will appeal to Alice fans everywhere. Fascinated by the inner life of Charles Lutwidge Dodson, Robin Wilson, a Carroll scholar and a noted mathematics professor, has produced this revelatory book-filled with more than one hundred striking and often playful illustrations-that examines the many inspirations and sources for Carroll's fantastical writings, mathematical and otherwise. As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll-who ...
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Just when we thought we knew everything about Lewis Carroll, here comes a highly original biography that will appeal to Alice fans everywhere. Fascinated by the inner life of Charles Lutwidge Dodson, Robin Wilson, a Carroll scholar and a noted mathematics professor, has produced this revelatory book-filled with more than one hundred striking and often playful illustrations-that examines the many inspirations and sources for Carroll's fantastical writings, mathematical and otherwise. As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll-who published serious, if occasionally eccentric, works in the fields of geometry, logic, and algebra-made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas. In the tradition of Sylvia Nasar's A Beautiful Mind and Andrew Hodges's Alan Turing, this is an engaging look at the incredible genius of one of mathematics' and literature's most enigmatic minds.
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Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket-3/4 beige paper over boards with gold lettering stamped on orange paper spine. Illustrated DJ. Sewn binding. x + 237 pages, with illustrations, notes, index, and bibliography. 1st American Edition, 1st Printing. CONDITION: Book AS NEW, binding square and tight, pages bright and unmarked; DJ FINE, top front outer corner wrinkled and with 1/4" closed tear; not clipped, protected in a clear archival (Mylar) cover. An unread book in immaculate condition in excellent jacket. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy.
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Good in Good jacket. Size: 5x0x8; 1st american edition. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. Tightly bound. [ak]
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New. 0393060276. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--237 pages. --with a bonus offer--
