Robin Wilson is the author and editor of 30 books, including the critically acclaimed Four Colours Suffice and is head of the Pure Mathematics Department at the Open University and, in London, Gresham Professor of Geometry, the oldest mathematics chair in England. He is also a fellow in mathematics at Keble College, Oxford.
'A fascinating story ... Wilson could not be better qualified to write a book on [Carroll's] career in numbers' - Jonathan Bate, Sunday Telegraph 'First-rate ... Wilson conjures the spirit of a man who delighted in paradox' Nature 'A loving mathematician's biography ! revel in the unravelling of an intricate and exquisite mind' Independent 'A delightful blend of whimsy, satire, endlessly ingenious puns, brain-teasers and unexpected (but very accessible) mathematical insights' - Matthew Reisz, The Times Higher Education Supplement
'A fascinating story ... Wilson could not be better qualified to write a book on [Carroll's] career in numbers' - Jonathan Bate, Sunday Telegraph 'First-rate ... Wilson conjures the spirit of a man who delighted in paradox' Nature 'A loving mathematician's biography ! revel in the unravelling of an intricate and exquisite mind' Independent 'A delightful blend of whimsy, satire, endlessly ingenious puns, brain-teasers and unexpected (but very accessible) mathematical insights' - Matthew Reisz, The Times Higher Education Supplement
Oxford Fellow Wilson, head of pure mathematics at England's Open University, shows how Carroll's mathematical genius and his imagination were intertwined. Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
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