- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Penguin; 2Rev Ed edition (28 May 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140258655
- ISBN-13: 978-0140258653
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 276,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A beautiful, rich book". -- The Guardian (London)
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Excellent... He presents us with a series of colorful personalities and seminal ideas [and] conveys all of the power, beauty and excitement of mathematics... Well-written, informative. Mathematical Association of America (of the first ed.) A beautiful, rich book. Guardian (of the first ed.) Devlin's choice of material is excellent, and he is to be praised for the clarity and accuracy with which he presents it. -- Martin Gardner New York Review of Books (of the first ed.) Devlin makes the beauty of math apparent, the most esoteric of concepts sing. If more scientists wrote with Devlin's simplicity and feeling, the world would be a much more informed place. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
The content is great, agree with the other reviewers entirely. Unfortunately the kindle edition suffers from poor layout / typesetting. Some of the formula are just plain wrong, and sometimes you're referred off to 'text in a box' without a box in sight. So great but tarnished by lazy conversion to ebook.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Read this book! It is a fabulous introduction to recent developments in pure maths. While Devlin does not shy away from mathematical detail he is always readable, and if you don't understand something you can always skip ahead. He covers many different areas, from fractals to prime numbers: there is sure to be something of interest to everyone! I couldn't recommend this book more highly!
Format:Kindle Edition
The book is written as a series of articles on topics such as knot topology, Riemann hypothesis and Fermat's Last Theorem. On some topics, the short article approach works just fine, on others, it seems like the topic is too big for the amount of space given to it, and the reader is left with a feeling that the subject requires a dedicated full-length work of its own. Still, the contents of the book are clear and the presentation of each topic is easy to follow.
The main issue with the book is Kindle formatting - the annotations have not been converted properly, navigation to embedded images and figures is poor, and the typesetting of mathematical characters is at time atrocious. For example, in many places, the square root symbol is omitted, completely changing the meaning of the statement. The end result is that none of the mathematical expressions in the book can be trusted by the reader.
The book could really use a new edition, with typesetting fixed, and references put in place to other popular science books that go into more detail on the topics presented within this one - the current edition prefers to present references to professional mathematical papers and books which would likely be impenetrable to its target audience.
The main issue with the book is Kindle formatting - the annotations have not been converted properly, navigation to embedded images and figures is poor, and the typesetting of mathematical characters is at time atrocious. For example, in many places, the square root symbol is omitted, completely changing the meaning of the statement. The end result is that none of the mathematical expressions in the book can be trusted by the reader.
The book could really use a new edition, with typesetting fixed, and references put in place to other popular science books that go into more detail on the topics presented within this one - the current edition prefers to present references to professional mathematical papers and books which would likely be impenetrable to its target audience.
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Fascinating and comprehensible
This is a fascinating introduction to some key developments in maths over the last 150 years or so, focusing largely on aspects of number theory and topology. Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. F. Cayley
Ahh you seek Yoda
I agree with everthing the other person said..I just felt like adding some weight to the review.
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by daphne
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