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{{short description|Book by Ian Stewart}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book | name = Concepts of Modern Mathematics | title_orig = | translator = | image = Concepts of Modern Mathematics.jpg | caption = First edition | author = [[Ian Stewart (mathematician)|Ian Stewart]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | subject = Mathematics | genre = Non-fiction | publisher = [[Pelican Books]] | pub_date = 1975 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print | pages = 352 pages | isbn = 0-14-021849-1 | dewey = 510 | congress = QA93 .S73 | oclc = 2020912 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Concepts of Modern Mathematics''''' is a book by mathematician and science popularizer [[Ian Stewart (mathematician)|Ian Stewart]] about then-recent developments in [[mathematics]]. It was originally published by Penguin Books in 1975,<ref>{{citation|last=Pieper|first=H.|journal=zbMATH|title=Review of ''Concepts of Mathematics'' (Penguin, 1975)|zbl=0345.00003}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Neill|first=H.|date=March 1977|doi=10.2307/3617450|issue=415|journal=The Mathematical Gazette|jstor=3617450|page=65|title=Review of ''Concepts of Mathematics'' (Penguin, 1975)|volume=61}}</ref> updated in 1981, and reprinted by Dover publications in 1995<ref name="heuer">{{citation|last=Heuer|first=G. A.|journal=Mathematical Reviews|mr=1319145|title=Review of ''Concepts of Mathematics'' (Dover, 1995)|year=1996}}</ref> and 2015.<ref>{{citation|last=Ruane|first=P. N.|date=October 2015|journal=MAA Reviews|publisher=Mathematical Association of America|title=Review of ''Concepts of Mathematics'' (Dover, 2015)|url=https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/concepts-of-modern-mathematics}}</ref>
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