What is Mathematics?

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"What is Mathematics?" is a classic introductory book on mathematics by Richard Courant (with Herbert Robbins) that explains fundamental mathematical ideas and methods to a broad audience with clarity and rigor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
mathematics book
non-fiction book
aimsTo explain fundamental mathematical ideas and methods
author Herbert Robbins
Richard Courant
coAuthor Herbert Robbins
Richard Courant
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
coversTopic calculus
geometry
infinite series
mathematical logic
number theory
probability
projective geometry
set theory
topology
firstPublicationYear 1941
genre introductory mathematics text
popular mathematics
hasEdition second edition
hasForm expository work
textbook
hasInfluenceOn mathematics education
public understanding of mathematics
hasPart chapters on fundamental concepts of mathematics
hasRevisedEdition edition with additional material by Ian Stewart
influenced popularization of mathematics in the 20th century
intendedAudience beginning university students
general audience
language English
notableFor clear exposition of fundamental mathematical ideas
rigorous yet accessible style
publisher Oxford University Press
style accessible
expository
rigorous
subject mathematics
title What is Mathematics? self-link

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Richard Courant notableWork What is Mathematics?
What is Mathematics? title What is Mathematics? self-link
Herbert Robbins notableWork What is Mathematics?
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