Lewis Carroll in Numberland - by Robin Wilson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Just when we thought we knew everything about Lewis Carroll, here comes this "insightful . . . scholarly . . . serious" (John Butcher, <em>American Scientist</em>) biography that will appeal to <em>Alice</em> fans everywhere. Fascinated by the inner life of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 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 made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating large numbers of imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Wilson shows that Dodgson turned the most sober of problems into child's play.--Jascha Hoffmann "Nature"<br>
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