![]() ![]() But the volume is filled with so much dense mathematics that’s only professionals could read it. It gives brief, mildly fun biographical sketches of brilliant mathematicians, which suggests that maybe the book is intended for non-professionals. The book itself doesn’t even know who its audience is. Mathematical professionals, as mentioned in the note I quoted, will get very little out of this book. Does anyone want to read emails with un-rendered TeX? Mathematical amateurs will get virtually nothing out of this book. I don’t know who the intended audience for this book could be. I don’t know who the intended audience for this book is. He or she will also notice long transcripts of email exchanges containing - and this must be a first for any book not written by Leslie Lamport or Donald Knuth - lots of un-rendered TeX source code. Yet anyone who opens the book will notice quite enormous equations, and proofs (or at least proof outlines) spanning multiple pages. Whatever else it may be, it is in no way, shape, or form a scientific treatise. No attempt has been made to expand upon, much less to explain, fine points of mathematical detail, many of which will be unfamiliar even to professional mathematicians. ![]() ![]() The notes at the end of the book say this: Just going to be mercifully brief with this one. ![]()
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