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The Secret Life of Numbers

The Secret Life of Numbers: 50 Easy Pieces on How Mathematicians Work and Think
Author: George G. Szpiro
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Short (~3 pages) stories related to math and mathematicians. This is NOT about numbers. As a math person, I would be one of the few who would be so literal to think that it would be about numbers. I can certainly imagine chapters on 17 or 1729 or even 23 - certainly chapters on 0, 1, e, pi. But I digress. The book is interesting, but not stunning. Unless you are Swiss - in which case, you will love it, because the book has a decided Swiss orientation. Nice little stories, but nothing really sticks with me upon reflection (that may be a brain problem, not a book problem).

Recommended: Swiss Mathematicians, anyone named Bernoulli

Posted by Richard Berger on October 14, 2008 12:02 PM |

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