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Disappointing, compared with Curious and Interesting Numbers, 8 Feb 2001
Having red and hugely enjoyed the Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Numbers, I over-enthusiastically bought the "Mathematics" and "Geometry" versions. Now it depends what you're looking for, but the three books are quite different in what they offer. The "Numbers" book, whilst not totally comrehensive, offers a bit of mathematical meat. "Geometry" is interesting, but far too short of mathematical explanations, and "Mathematics" is nothing of the sort - more a series of often trite anecdotes or sayings. A more accurate title for this book would be "The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Mathematics Trivia". If that's what you are looking for, this may well fit the bill.
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Great book, misleading title, 22 Feb 2001
By A Customer
This is really a dip-in book of mathematical anecdotes, and as such is perfect as a maths book for everyone. I suspect that the author was a victim of the Publisher saying 'can we put our title on this to make it fit into the series'.
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