TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richard Courant;
AU  -  Herbert Robbins; 
AU  - Ian Stewart
TI  - What is mathematics?:  an elementary approach to ideas and methods
SN  - 9780195687101
U1  - 510 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Oxford University Press, 
N1  - Chapter I. The natural numbers --
Supplement to Chapter I. The theory of numbers --
; Chapter II. The number system of mathematics --
Supplement to Chapter II. The algebra of sets --
; Chapter III. Geometrical construction. The algebra of number fields --
; Chapter IV. Projective geometry. axiomatics. non-euclidean geometries --
; Chapter V. Topology --
; Chapter VI. Functions and limits --
Supplement to Chapter VI. More examples on limits and continuity --
; Chapter VII. Maxima and minima --
; Chapter VIII. The calculus --
Supplement to Chapter VIII --
; Chapter IX. Recent developments -
N2  - Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics? is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, this second edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved
ER  -