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Once Upon a Prime audiobook
- By: Sarah Hart
- Narrator: Sarah Hart
- Category: History & Philosophy, Mathematics
- Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: April 11, 2023
- Language: English
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Once Upon a Prime Audiobook Summary
This program is read by the author.
“An exuberant enthusiasm for mathematics (and life in general) shines through Dr. Hart.” —The New York Times
“An absolute joy to read!” —Steven Levitt, New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomics
For fans of Seven Brief Lessons in Physics, an exploration of the many ways mathematics can transform our understanding of literature and vice versa, by the first woman to hold England’s oldest mathematical chair.
We often think of mathematics and literature as polar opposites. But what if, instead, they were fundamentally linked? In her clear, insightful, laugh-out-loud funny debut, Once Upon a Prime, Professor Sarah Hart shows us the myriad connections between math and literature, and how understanding those connections can enhance our enjoyment of both.
Did you know, for instance, that Moby-Dick is full of sophisticated geometry? That James Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness novels are deliberately checkered with mathematical references? That George Eliot was obsessed with statistics? That Jurassic Park is undergirded by fractal patterns? That Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote mathematician characters? From sonnets to fairytales to experimental French literature, Professor Hart shows how math and literature are complementary parts of the same quest, to understand human life and our place in the universe.
As the first woman to hold England’s oldest mathematical chair, Professor Hart is the ideal tour guide, taking us on an unforgettable journey through the books we thought we knew, revealing new layers of beauty and wonder. As she promises, you’re going to need a bigger bookcase.
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.
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Once Upon a Prime Audiobook Narrator
Sarah Hart is the narrator of Once Upon a Prime audiobook that was written by Sarah Hart
Sarah Hart is a respected pure mathematician and a gifted expositor of mathematics. When promoted to full Professor of Mathematics at Birkbeck College (University of London) in 2013, she became the youngest STEM professor at Birkbeck and its first ever woman Mathematics Professor and one of only five women Mathematics Professors under the age of 40 in the United Kingdom. Educated at Oxford and Manchester, Dr Hart currently holds the Gresham Professorship of Geometry, the oldest mathematics chair in the UK. The chair stretches back in an unbroken lineage to 1597. Dr Hart is the 33rd Gresham Professor of Geometry, and the first woman ever to hold the position.
About the Author(s) of Once Upon a Prime
Sarah Hart is the author of Once Upon a Prime
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Once Upon a Prime Full Details
| Narrator | Sarah Hart |
| Length | 8 hours 51 minutes |
| Author | Sarah Hart |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Macmillan Audio |
| Release date | April 11, 2023 |
| ISBN | 9781250882318 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Once Upon a Prime is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: History & Philosophy, Mathematics, History & Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Books & Reading The BISAC Subject Code is History & Philosophy, Mathematics
Additional info
The publisher of the Once Upon a Prime is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781250882318.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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