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Preface | p. ix |
Why Do Math? | p. 1 |
How I Almost Became a Lawyer | p. 11 |
The Breadth of Mathematics | p. 18 |
Hasn't It All Been Done? | p. 33 |
Surrounded by Math | p. 45 |
How Mathematicians Think | p. 53 |
How to Learn Math | p. 62 |
Fear of Proofs | p. 71 |
Can't Computers Solve Everything? | p. 82 |
Mathematical Storytelling | p. 87 |
Going for the Jugular | p. 95 |
Blockbusters | p. 103 |
Impossible Problems | p. 110 |
The Career Ladder | p. 122 |
Pure or Applied? | p. 131 |
Where Do You Get Those Crazy Ideas? | p. 147 |
How to Teach Math | p. 157 |
The Mathematical Community | p. 168 |
Pigs and Pickup Trucks | p. 178 |
Pleasures and Perils of Collaboration | p. 188 |
Is God a Mathematician? | p. 196 |
Notes and References | p. 205 |
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