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Books by Timothy Gowers

Timothy Gowers is a British mathematician and Fields Medalist (1998) who holds the Rouse Ball Professorship at the University of Cambridge. His own research spans combinatorics and functional analysis, but he is also known for his exceptional ability to explain mathematics to non-specialists, which makes him an unusual choice as editor of a reference work aimed at serious general readers. He has written widely on the culture and practice of mathematics. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics, published in 2008, reflects his conviction that mathematical ideas can be communicated clearly without sacrificing accuracy.