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The Mathematical World of Charles L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)

Robin Wilson and Amirouche Moktefi (Eds)

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019, 288 PAGES
PRICE (HARDBACK) £29.99 ISBN 978-0-19-881700-0

Everyone who reads this will know of Lewis Carroll the author of the two children’s books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass. A few will also know that he was really Charles L. Dodgson, and fewer still that he was a Lecturer in Mathematics at Oxford University. This is not a coffee table book about Lewis Carroll, but a scholarly textbook containing the latest research outlining and assessing his contribution to mathematics. Normally, this reviewer has a jaundiced view of ‘edited by’ textbooks, but not this one. This is very well researched and very well written. All the authors are well qualified to write about particular aspects of Dodgson’s mathematics, in fact Professor Abeles’ chapter does a particularly good job, providing an excellent and critical summary of his mathematical works.

As befits this kind of scholarly History of Mathematics text

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Lewis Carroll

(1832-1898)

Who Was Lewis Carroll?

Lewis Carroll was an English fiction writer who wrote and created games as a child. At age 20, he received a studentship at Christ Church and was appointed a lecturer in mathematics. Carroll was shy but enjoyed creating stories for children. His most famous books include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

Early Life

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, best known by his pseudonym, Lewis Carroll, was born in the village of Daresbury, England, on January 27, 1832. The eldest boy in a family of 11 children, Carroll was rather adept at entertaining himself and his siblings. His father, a clergyman, raised them in the rectory. As a boy, Carroll excelled in mathematics and won many academic prizes. At age 20, he was awarded a studentship (called a scholarship in other colleges) to Christ College. Apart from serving as a lecturer in mathematics, he was an avid photographer and wrote essays, political pamphlets and poetry. "The Hunting of the Snark" displays his wonderful ability in the genre of lite

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Lewis Carroll and Math/Logic/Games/Puzzles

While he is known today primarily as an author, Lewis Carroll, or rather Charles Dodgson, was also a brilliant scholar. He taught math and logic to undergraduates at Christ Church, Oxford, for many years, at the same time he was creating fanciful stories to entertain children. He carved a unique place for himself in his field when he combined his two areas of expertise, writing entertaining scenarios for challenging math and logic problems, or turning the concepts into games, to make the learning easier, more enjoyable, and more lasting. While he did not produce any revelatory findings, many of his ideas and theories are still respected today, and his creative, user-friendly approach to learning remains fresh today. Current mathematical scholars around the globe are discovering a new appreciation for his contributions to the field.

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