Author: KASNER, EDWARD AND JAMES NEWMAN
Title: Mathematics and the Imagination
Description: Simon & Schuster, 1940/1940, Stated Second Printing.. Hardcover . Same date 1940 cp and tp - so a 1940 printing but w/ cp statement of Second Printing. Hardback, octavo, gilt spine titling and front cover emblem (in Mathematics, the Hebrew numeral one) on red cloth covers, VG to VG+/no dj (stiff clear acetate dustwrapper provided to preserve condition). Snug binding, hinges intact, no names, no writing, external imperfections quite minor, interior quite nice. Affixed to the inside front cover is appx 3x6 inch section of interior dj flap (probably the back flap) containing the brief bios of each of the 2 authors. Book contains the first use in print of the word googol (the number one followed by 100 zeroes), a word for which author Kasner gave credit to his nephew for having created. Very Good.

Keywords: Math & Science