A Mathematician's Apology

1940 essay by British mathematician G. H. Hardy
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A Mathematician's Apology

Summary

A Mathematician's Apology is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Mathematician's Apology authored G.H. Hardy[3].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's instance of is recorded as apologia[5].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's genre is recorded as essay[6].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's publication date is recorded as +1940-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lkv0[10].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's Open Library ID is recorded as OL11373174W[11].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126950709[12].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's main subject is recorded as apologia[13].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 14136[14].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/A-Mathematicians-Apology[15].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "A Mathematician's Apology"}[16].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Book", "AMathematiciansApology"][17].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Book:G.H._Hardy/A_Mathematician's_Apology[18].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 1486751[19].
  • A Mathematician's Apology's Douban book works ID is recorded as 1015393[20].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work[4] and apologia[5].

Why It Matters

A Mathematician's Apology ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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