THE EDUCATION OF T.C. MITS: WHAT MODERN MATHEMATICS MEANS TO YOU
Book ID/图书代码： 06000011B46013
English Summary/英文概要： “I have studied with pleasure [this] new book. . . . Beautiful examples. . . . Illuminating. I am convinced that [Lieber’s] original enterprise will get the recognition it so richly deserves.”—Albert Einstein
“This is quite different from any other book. . . . And how is it possible to sandwich into a description of it as full of mathematics and full of humor, the fact that it is also full of a deep, healing philosophy of life, reassuring, strengthening, humane? Yet it is truly all these things.”—Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Book-of-the-Month Club
Whether you are stumped by the “commutative law” in algebra or a whiz at multiplying three-digit numbers in your head, The Education of T.C. Mits—The Celebrated Man In The Street—opens the door to the wonders of mathematical imagining. By using simple language and intriguing illustrations drawn by her husband, Hugh, Lillian Lieber presents subtle mathematical concepts in an easy-to-understand way. More than sixty years after its release, this whimsical exploration of how to think in a mathematical mood will continue to delight math-lovers of all ages. Barry Mazur’s new introduction is a tribute to the Liebers’ influence on generations of mathematicians.
Lillian Lieber wrote a series of lighthearted (and well-respected) math books in the forties, including The Einstein Theory of Relativity, Infinity, and Mits, Wits & Logic.
Barry Mazur is the author of Imagining Numbers (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003). He has won numerous prizes in his field, including the Veblen Prize, Cole Prize, Steele Prize, and Chauvenet Prize.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： ◆2011年横扫日本、台湾畅销书排行榜
◆哈佛大学校聘教授贝利•马祖尔作序
（“哈佛大学校聘教授”，是哈佛颁给教学人员的最高职称，可与诺贝尔奖、普利兹奖、国家元首奖等荣誉媲美，也就是数学界的诺贝尔，至今仅有24位教授获此殊荣，其中经营策略大师麦可•波特也是其中之一。）
◆最有趣、最简单、最优美的数学思维小书
最有趣：用数学的思维方式推翻了我们日常所见的思维逻辑错误。
最简单：只要有一点点数学基础的人都能理解，任何对数学不感兴趣的人都会爱上它。
最优美：以诗歌的语言呈现，配以想象力丰富的插画
◆学会用数学思考人生，数学是一种思维方式，更是一种生活方式
我们知道的“常识”并非永远可信；
所谓的“真理”，也并不永久为真。
从1942年出版至今，这本数学入门小书影响了几代伟大的数学家，与《爱因斯坦相对论》并列为历史上影响最大的三大数学入门的经典著作之一。
1944年，它被美国国防部送往二战战场，陪伴士兵们度过了艰苦的战争岁月，让人们重新认识了数学和科学的美好。
经过长达70年的岁月淬炼，书中所叙述的生活哲思与做事态度，至今仍被人们啧啧称奇。
李伯夫妇用最优美的诗歌和最具想象力的插画，让数学与艺术进行了一次最完美的碰撞。巧妙地呈现了最基本的数学概念，解释了最复杂的数学问题，阐释了最深奥的人生道理，启发每一个普通人对我们这个世界做出更理性的思考，去体会人类思维中最美丽的花朵！(DB)
Awards/获奖情况：目录 · · · · · ·
第一部分 老玩意儿
第二部分 新鲜事
About the Author/作者介绍： 莉莉安．李伯（Lillian R. Lieber，1886~1986）
生于俄罗斯的犹太人家庭，后来随家人移民美国。先后取得巴纳德学院学士、哥伦比亚大学硕士学位，1914年荣获克拉克大学博士学位。
1934年任教于纽约长岛大学数学系时，与当时的系主任休．李伯结为连理。
基于普及数学的崇高理想，莉莉安希望利用科普书写，让年轻人理解数学与科学在政治与伦理等方面的蕴涵，在1940年写了一系列相当受欢迎，也备受尊崇的科普书，包括《爱因斯坦的相对论》《无限》《Mits，机智与逻辑》等。
休．李伯（Hugh Gray Lieber，1896~1961）
曾任纽约长岛大学数学系、艺术系主任。妻子莉莉安的多本科普书籍都是由他担任插画。
Lillian R. Lieber was Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics at Long Island University. She wrote a series of light-hearted (and well-respected) math books, many of them illustrated by her husband. Hugh Gray Lieber was Professor and Head of the Department of Fine Arts at Long Island University. Barry Mazur does his mathematics at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachussetts, with the writer Grace Dane Mazur. He is the author of Imagining Numbers (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen) (FSG, 2003). He has won numerous prizes in his field, including the Veblen Prize, Cole Prize, Steele Prize, and Chauvenet Prize.
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