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Everyone can find something interesting. (Zentralblatt Math )
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Everyone can find something interesting. Zentralblatt Math
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The story of mathematics is a big story that began thousands of years ago when people first began to count their livestock or measure the extent of a field. Read the first page
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beautifully written, I used it to encourage kid find a genuine interest in the language or nature: numbers!
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More good maths for the masses from Mr. Higgins
24 Jun 2004
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This is a popular maths book and it continues on where 'maths for the curious' left off. I didn't give it 5 stars because although well written it is structured less well than the first book but nevertheless there is some good stuff here for those non-mathematicians wanting to know more about the subject. The section on 'possible and impossible constructions' for instance is a good guide to the whole 'squaring the circle' problem. My only criticism is the structure which includes the 'for connoiseurs' section at the end. I think the structure problem is partly to do with not saying enough about how each chapter relates to the big mathematical picture. Separating out really hard stuff to the end is another structural mistake since it's nicer (IMHO) if the book flows from beginning to end with the hard stuff set in context and maybe bracketed with a warning that 'this is difficult'. But that's me. Anyway Peter should keep writing because those of us who are fascinated by the subject and only have time to read about it in odd moments need all the simplified explanations of complex maths we can get.
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