The Housekeeper and the Professor

By Matt, on July 21st, 2010%

Some time ago, I heard about a book from Japan called The Housekeeper and the Professor, written by Yoko Ogawa in 2003 and translated by Stephen Snyder last year.  As the title suggests, the book centers on the relationship between a housekeeper, her son, and a math professor.  The main conceit of the book is that . . . → Read More: The Housekeeper and the Professor

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Math in Books: Logicomix

By Matt, on December 27th, 2009%

This past September, a very strange thing happened. The worlds of mathematics and comics combined to give birth to the graphic novel Logicomix, written by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou, and illustrated by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna. The book gives a slightly fictionalized account of Bertrand Russell‘s life, and uses this storyline . . . → Read More: Math in Books: Logicomix

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