This definitive synthesis of mathematician Gregory Margulis’s research brings together leading experts to cover the breadth and diversity of disciplines Margulis’s work touches upon.

In Are Numbers Real?, Brian Clegg explores the way that math has become more and more detached from reality, and yet despite this is driving the development of modern physics. 

Two mathematicians explore how math fits into everything from art, music, and literature to space probes and game shows.

“Destined to become a classic of mathematical exposition.” —Eli Maor, author of e: the Story of a Number

This illuminating history explores the complex relationship between mathematics, religious belief, and Victorian culture.