The World of Mathematics

The World of Mathematics
James R. Newman

Four Volumes in a Box (2535 p)

Vol. One
I. General Survey
II. Historical and Biographical
III. Arithmetic, Numbers and the Art of Counting
IV. Mathematics of Space and Motion
Vol. Two
V. Mathematics and the Physical World
VI. Mathematics and Social Science
VII. The Laws of Chance
Vol. Three
VIII. Statistics and the Design of Experiments
IX. The Supreme Art of Abstraction: Group Theory
X. Mathematics of Infinity
XI. Mathematical Truth and the Structure of Mathematics
XII. The Mathematical Way of Thinking
XIII. Mathematics and Logic
XIV. The Unreasonableness of Mathematics
XV. How to Solve It
XVI. The Vocabulary of Mathematics
XVII. Mathematics as an Art
Vol. Four
XVIII. The Mathematician
XIX. Mathematical Machines: Can a Machine Think?
XX. Mathematics in Warfare
XXI. A Mathematical Theory of Art
XXII. Mathematics of the Good
XXIII. Mathematics in Literature
XXIV. Mathematics and Music
XXV. Mathematics as a Culture Clue
XXVI. Amusements, Puzzles, Fancies