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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Basic Books (3 May 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 046508236X
ISBN-13: 978-0465082360
Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.7 x 3 cm

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"(t)he pick of this year's maths books. Stewart, a veteran professor and populariser, uses a historical approach to show the significance of symmetry, one of the most powerful concepts in his field. Few equations, plenty of anecdotes." --Financial Times - Science Books of the Year

"Stewart is a highly gifted communicator, able not only to explain the motivation of mathematicians down the centuries but to elucidate the resulting mathematics with both clarity and style. Inspirational." --Times Educational Supplement

"Stewart, long a class act in popular maths, does not shy from presenting equations, illuminating them with imagistic explanations and sympathetic character sketches of heroes past and present". --The Guardian

Nature, May 2007

"(Ian Stewart) is renowned for his popular science books, but Why Beauty is Truth is without a doubt his finest... (A) brilliant interweaving of politics, history and intrigue... "

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By	Anthony Murphy "feral cat" (Hull, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When Ian Stewart writes a book on mathematics it is always something that booklovers look forward too. This book is no exception. Beside explaining complex mathematical ideas in language understandable to non-mathematicians, and making the history of mathematics come to life through linking it with the biographies,and the personal struggles of those who have carried the subject forward through the ages,Ian Stewart does it with a beautiful simplicity. The title of this book is well earned and no one who buys it will be disappointed. A bonus in this book is thatIan Stewart shows with great economy, throughout the book, the very close relationship between the development of mathematics and the progress of physics.The care he takes not to over-reach or simplify the relationship between mathematics and physics is made clear in the final chapter where under the heading: 'Seekers After Truth and Beauty' he states:"But what works in mathematics need not work in physics,and vice versa". This is a book which cannot be too highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ian Stewart has done it again!, 29 Nov 2008

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Ian Stewart takes us on a journey through group theory to places you probably never considered, but in a completely fun and accessible manner. The historical tone of the book works really well, this book has inspired me to study galois theory in far greater depth.

A MUST for anybody with an interest in mathematics.

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