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This book was terrific fun to read! I thought I would skim the chapters to write my review, but I was hooked by the preface, and read through the first 100 pages in one sitting. . . . [Nahin shows] obvious delight and enjoyment--he is having fun and it is contagious.
(Bonnie Shulman MAA Online )
When Least is Best is clearly the result of immense effort. . . . [Nahin] just seems to get better and better. . . . The book is really a popular book of mathematics that touches on a broad range of problems associated with optimization.
(Dennis S. Bernstein IEEE Control Systems Magazine )
[When Least is Best is] a wonderful sourcebook from projects and is just plain fun to read.
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This book is highly recommended.
(Clark Kimberling Mathematical Intelligener )
A valuable and stimulating introduction to problems that have fascinated mathematicians and physicists for millennia.
(D.R. Wilkins Contemporary Physics )
Nahin delivers maximal mathematical enjoyment with minimal perplexity and boredom. . . . [He lets] general readers in on the thrill of riding high-school geometry and algebra to breakthrough insights. . . . A refreshingly lucid and humanizing approach to mathematics.
(Booklist )
Anyone with a modest command of calculus, a curiosity about how mathematics developed, and a pad of paper for calculations will enjoy Nahin's lively book. His enthusiasm is infectious, his writing style is active and fluid, and his examples always have a point. . . . [H]e loves to tell stories, so even the familiar is enjoyably refreshed.
(Donald R. Sherbert SIAM Review )
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This is a delightful account of how the concepts of maxima, minima, and differentiation evolved with time. The level of mathematical sophistication is neither abstract nor superficial and it should appeal to a wide audience.
(Ali H. Sayed, University of California, Los Angeles )
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This book was terrific fun to read! I thought I would skim the chapters to write my review, but I was hooked by the preface, and read through the first 100 pages in one sitting. . . . [Nahin shows] obvious delight and enjoyment--he is having fun and it is contagious.
(Bonnie Shulman MAA Online )
When Least is Best is clearly the result of immense effort. . . . [Nahin] just seems to get better and better. . . . The book is really a popular book of mathematics that touches on a broad range of problems associated with optimization.
(Dennis S. Bernstein IEEE Control Systems Magazine )
[When Least is Best is] a wonderful sourcebook from projects and is just plain fun to read.
(Choice )
This book is highly recommended.
(Clark Kimberling Mathematical Intelligener )
A valuable and stimulating introduction to problems that have fascinated mathematicians and physicists for millennia.
(D.R. Wilkins Contemporary Physics )
Nahin delivers maximal mathematical enjoyment with minimal perplexity and boredom. . . . [He lets] general readers in on the thrill of riding high-school geometry and algebra to breakthrough insights. . . . A refreshingly lucid and humanizing approach to mathematics.
(Booklist )
Anyone with a modest command of calculus, a curiosity about how mathematics developed, and a pad of paper for calculations will enjoy Nahin's lively book. His enthusiasm is infectious, his writing style is active and fluid, and his examples always have a point. . . . [H]e loves to tell stories, so even the familiar is enjoyably refreshed.
(Donald R. Sherbert SIAM Review )
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This is a delightful account of how the concepts of maxima, minima, and differentiation evolved with time. The level of mathematical sophistication is neither abstract nor superficial and it should appeal to a wide audience.
(Ali H. Sayed, University of California, Los Angeles )
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