Author: KASNER, EDWARD AND JAMES NEWMAN
Title: Mathematics and the Imagination
Description: Simon & Schuster, 1940, First Printing. 1st Edition. Hardcover . Same date 1940 cp and tp + no statement of any additional printings (meets S&S First Edition criteria for this era: SD w/ NAP). Hardback, octavo, gilt spine titling and front cover emblem (in Mathematics, the Hebrew numeral one) on red cloth covers, VG+/no dj (stiff clear acetate dustwrapper provided to preserve condition). Snug binding, hinges intact, tiny bump top corner back cover. Small neat name ffep (possibly PhD econonmist and author with the same name) o/w interior quite nice. 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