What is A Mathematician's Apology?
'''A Mathematician's Apology''' is a [[book]] about [[mathematics]] which was written in 1940. == Overview == It was written by a [[British]] [[mathematician]] called [[G. H. Hardy]] (1877—1947).<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hardy.html |title=Hardy biography |publisher=www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk |access-date=2009-04-04 }} </ref> He used the essay to try to [[wikt:justification|justify]] spending his life working on mathematics. It is said he wrote it for two reasons: #He was getting [[old]] and found it more difficult to work on mathematics. He spent time writing the essay instead because discovering new mathematical [[idea]]s was now too hard for him. #He believed that mathematics should be [[wikt:investigation|investigated]] for interest, instead of for making other things like [[weapon]]s. == References == {{reflist}} *G. H. Hardy, ''A Mathematician's Apology'', Cambridge University Press (1940). 153 pages. {{ISBN|0-521-42706-1}}. {{Math-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathematician's Apology, A}} [[Category:Mathematics books]] [[Category:1940s books]] [[Category:1940 works]]