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Reviews of G H Hardy's Apology - MacTutor

A Mathematician's Apology is filled with quotations, allusions, and references that are often unsourced. This annotated edition aims to give sources for all ...

A Mathematician's Apology by G.H. Hardy - Goodreads

This 'apology', written in 1940 as his mathematical powers were declining, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a ...

What do you guys actually think of A Mathematician's Apology?

My understanding is that Hardy wrote this book while struggling with some serious depression and that, in part, this essay was an attempt at ...

Review of A Mathematician's Apology (G.H. Hardy) - Medium

Hardy is an excellent writer, who holds some firm convictions that I ask the reader to forgive me for disagreeing with.

a mathematician s apology by G.H. Hardy | Goodreads

A Mathematician's Apology is a profoundly sad book, the memoir of a man who has reached the end of his ambition, who can no longer effectively practice the ...

What was the impact of 'A Mathematician's Apology' by G. H. Hardy ...

"Hardy's opinions were heavily influenced by the academic culture of the universities of Cambridge and Oxford between World War I and World War ...

In Defense of Pure Mathematics | American Scientist

When advancing age diminished his creative power, and a heart attack at 62 robbed his physical strength, Hardy composed A Mathematician's Apology. It was an ...

A Mathematician's Apology (Review) | by Ian Sebastian - Medium

At 56 pages, it is more essay than tome, but I feel that Hardy has successfully put his point across, and brought a greater understanding ...

Reading more – A Mathematician's Apology

It was easily to observe that Hardy has written this book when his mathematical powers were declining and you feel sorry for him because of this ...

Book Review: A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy - LinkedIn

“A Mathematician's Apology,” is a collection of his essays intended to peep into the mind and understand the perspective of a working mathematician.

A Mathematician's Apology by G.H. Hardy - Kvams

I just finished G.H. Hardy's 'A Mathematician's Apology,' and I intend to jot down some thoughts on it. I've been wanting to read this book ...

“A Mathematician's Apology” by G. H. Hardy

I won't make a detailed review of the book since there's already a Wikipedia article on it, but I wanted to give a personal impression, since it ...

Review - A Mathematician's Apology by G H Hardy - BookLore

This 'apology', written in 1940 as his mathematical powers were declining, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a ...

'A mathematician's apology' | plus.maths.org

A mathematician's apology by G. H. Hardy This is an old book. First published in 1940, it's a lot older than the books we normally review in ...

Second-Rate Minds › Hardy's Apology: what's to dislike?

In recent years I've felt quite glad I never read G.H. Hardy's massively influential book A Mathematician's Apology (1940).

G.H. Hardy, A MATHEMATICIAN'S APOLOGY (1940)

Hardy is apologizing for mathematics as a field of study worthy of a grown man's career. [[ Yes everyone is men in 1940. ]] Basically on the ...

G. H. Hardy's most savage quotes : r/math - Reddit

101 votes, 52 comments. (From a Mathematician's Apology) “But is not the position of an ordinary applied mathematician in some ways a ...

Book Review: A Mathematician's Apology, by G.H. Hardy

Why is a mathematician as great as G.H. Hardy himself, apologising? The entire book is but an apology, which aims to offer a defence in pursuit of mathematics.

"A Mathematician's Apology" | Book Review | LThMath - YouTube

Here is a short review for "A Mathematician's Apology" by G. H. Hardy for the LThMath Book Club. Other blog posts: Hardy's Questions ...

A Mathematician's Apology (Canto): Amazon.co.uk: G.H. Hardy

This 'apology', written in 1940 as his mathematical powers were declining, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a ...