Lewis Carroll in Numberland: His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life: An Agony in Eight Fits

Just when we thought we knew everything about Lewis Carroll, here comes this "insightful . . . scholarly . . . serious" (John Butcher, American Scientist) biography that will appeal to Alice fans everywhere. Fascinated by the inner life of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Robin Wilson, a Carroll scholar and a noted mathematics professor, has produced this revelatory book--filled with more than one hundred striking and often playful illustrations--that examines the many inspirations and sources for Carroll's fantastical writings, mathematical and otherwise. As Wilson demonstrates, Carroll made significant contributions to subjects as varied as voting patterns and the design of tennis tournaments, in the process creating large numbers of imaginative recreational puzzles based on mathematical ideas.

Author: Robin Wilson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/14/2010
Pages: 237
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.24h x 6.30w x 0.64d
ISBN13: 9780393304527
ISBN10: 0393304523
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | History & Philosophy
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures