CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Second Edition

By Eric W. Weisstein

Upon publication, the first edition of the CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics received overwhelming accolades for its unparalleled scope, readability, and utility. It soon took its place among the top selling books in the history of Chapman & Hall/CRC, and its popularity continues unabated. Yet also unabated has been the dedication of author Eric Weisstein to collecting, cataloging, and referencing mathematical facts, formulas, and definitions. He has now updated most of the original entries and expanded the Encyclopedia to include 1000 additional pages of illustrated entries. The accessibility of the Encyclopedia along with its broad coverage and economical price make it attractive to the widest possible range of readers and certainly a must for libraries, from the secondary to the professional and research levels. For mathematical definitions, formulas, figures, tabulations, and references, this is simply the most impressive compendium available.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584883472
• ISBN13: 9781584883470
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Length: 3242 Pages
• Weight: 7.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 3.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

excellent

Extensive and rich in content. However, a few years ago, before this encyclopedia was in book form, it was a web site, and that web site was in the minds of many of us the -foremost- math-related web site on the Internet. It was a work widely referenced online and discussed on the messageboards; it had huge potential in the Internet medium. I certainly hope that the CRC lawsuit banning the web site (currently mathworld.wolfram.com) will be withdrawn. As is, I certainly will not purchase the book.