A Mathematician's Apology

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A Mathematician's Apology

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A Mathematician's Apology - 1940 essay by British mathematician G. H. Hardy. This book is the 5280th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books and the 555th most popular book in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “A Mathematician's Apology” in Simple English Wikipedia has 12.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
Global Wikipedia:
The 5280th most popular in books.

Since the creation of article “A Mathematician's Apology”, its content was written by 12 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 425 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

A Mathematician's Apology is on the 555th place in local ranking of books in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 5280th place in global ranking of books in all the time.

The article is cited 5 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 369 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2040 in April 2009
  • Global: #13379 in April 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #9030 in August 2010
  • Global: #79298 in February 2020

There are 19 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Chinese (zh)
一个数学家的辩白
42.883
2English (en)
A Mathematician's Apology
29.8451
3Italian (it)
Apologia di un matematico
19.7643
4German (de)
Apologie eines Mathematikers
17.1159
5Armenian (hy)
Մաթեմատիկոսի արդարացում
16.8067
6French (fr)
L'Apologie d'un mathématicien
14.315
7Indonesian (id)
A Mathematician's Apology
13.6599
8Finnish (fi)
Matemaatikon apologia
12.7349
9Simple English (simple)
A Mathematician's Apology
12.5018
10Arabic (ar)
دفاع رياضياتي
10.6646
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "A Mathematician's Apology" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
A Mathematician's Apology
642 236
2Chinese (zh)
一个数学家的辩白
59 512
3Japanese (ja)
ある数学者の生涯と弁明
51 449
4Italian (it)
Apologia di un matematico
49 694
5Russian (ru)
Апология математика (Харди)
40 802
6Spanish (es)
Apología de un matemático
38 859
7German (de)
Apologie eines Mathematikers
26 974
8Portuguese (pt)
Apologia do Matemático
17 353
9Turkish (tr)
Bir Matematikçinin Savunması
17 248
10Hebrew (he)
התנצלותו של מתמטיקאי
14 771
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "A Mathematician's Apology" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
A Mathematician's Apology
3 477
2Simple English (simple)
A Mathematician's Apology
282
3Chinese (zh)
一个数学家的辩白
265
4Japanese (ja)
ある数学者の生涯と弁明
255
5Russian (ru)
Апология математика (Харди)
220
6Italian (it)
Apologia di un matematico
153
7Spanish (es)
Apología de un matemático
132
8German (de)
Apologie eines Mathematikers
105
9Portuguese (pt)
Apologia do Matemático
69
10French (fr)
L'Apologie d'un mathématicien
60
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "A Mathematician's Apology" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
A Mathematician's Apology
102
2German (de)
Apologie eines Mathematikers
73
3Italian (it)
Apologia di un matematico
39
4Hebrew (he)
התנצלותו של מתמטיקאי
27
5Chinese (zh)
一个数学家的辩白
27
6Japanese (ja)
ある数学者の生涯と弁明
21
7Russian (ru)
Апология математика (Харди)
19
8Finnish (fi)
Matemaatikon apologia
16
9Turkish (tr)
Bir Matematikçinin Savunması
13
10Simple English (simple)
A Mathematician's Apology
12
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "A Mathematician's Apology" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
دفاع رياضياتي
0
2Catalan (ca)
Apologia d'un matemàtic
0
3German (de)
Apologie eines Mathematikers
0
4English (en)
A Mathematician's Apology
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Apologio de matematikisto
0
6Spanish (es)
Apología de un matemático
0
7Finnish (fi)
Matemaatikon apologia
0
8French (fr)
L'Apologie d'un mathématicien
0
9Hebrew (he)
התנצלותו של מתמטיקאי
0
10Armenian (hy)
Մաթեմատիկոսի արդարացում
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "A Mathematician's Apology" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
A Mathematician's Apology
173
2Arabic (ar)
دفاع رياضياتي
84
3Indonesian (id)
A Mathematician's Apology
13
4Chinese (zh)
一个数学家的辩白
13
5Russian (ru)
Апология математика (Харди)
12
6French (fr)
L'Apologie d'un mathématicien
9
7Italian (it)
Apologia di un matematico
9
8Spanish (es)
Apología de un matemático
8
9Catalan (ca)
Apologia d'un matemàtic
7
10Hebrew (he)
התנצלותו של מתמטיקאי
6
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
دفاع رياضياتي
caCatalan
Apologia d'un matemàtic
deGerman
Apologie eines Mathematikers
enEnglish
A Mathematician's Apology
eoEsperanto
Apologio de matematikisto
esSpanish
Apología de un matemático
fiFinnish
Matemaatikon apologia
frFrench
L'Apologie d'un mathématicien
heHebrew
התנצלותו של מתמטיקאי
hyArmenian
Մաթեմատիկոսի արդարացում
idIndonesian
A Mathematician's Apology
itItalian
Apologia di un matematico
jaJapanese
ある数学者の生涯と弁明
ptPortuguese
Apologia do Matemático
ruRussian
Апология математика (Харди)
simpleSimple English
A Mathematician's Apology
svSwedish
En matematikers försvarstal
trTurkish
Bir Matematikçinin Savunması
zhChinese
一个数学家的辩白

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#9030
08.2010
Global:
#79298
02.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2040
04.2009
Global:
#13379
04.2009

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on A Mathematician's Apology from Wikipedia articles about G.H. Hardy, Principia Mathematica, Pure mathematics, Mathematician and Philosophy of mathematics. Whereas reading the article about A Mathematician's Apology people most often go to Wikipedia articles on G.H. Hardy, Rolles theorem, Mathematical beauty, Évariste Galois and Apology.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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