The Math Book, From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics by Clifford A. Pickover has an easy-to-read format. Each of the 250 entries is just two pages - one page with a description and brief history of the topic and one page with an illustration. The entries are listed chronologically and include famous mathematicians, discoveries, theorems, and conjectures. Topics from geometry, number theory, game theory, paradoxes, computing, set theory and more. In reading the entries, I found I could read several in a sitting or just one or two if I only had a little time.
Friday, July 7, 2023
Book Review: The Math Book by Clifford A. Pickover
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