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|a A wealth of numbers [
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|b an anthology of 500 years of popular mathematics writing
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|a 1. "Sports and pastimes, done by number" : mathematical tricks, mathematical games -- 2. "Much necessary for all states of men" : from arithmetic to algebra -- 3. "A goodly struggle" : problems, puzzles, and challenges -- 4. "Drawyng, measuring and proporcion" : geometry and trigonometry -- 5. Maps, monsters, and riddles : the worlds of mathematical popularization -- 6. "To ease and expedite the work" : mathematical instruments and how to use them -- 7. "How fine a mind" : mathematicians past -- 8. "By plain and practical rules" : mathematics at work -- 9. "The speedier expedition of their learning" : thoughts on teaching and learning mathematics -- 10. "So fundamentally useful a science" : reflections on mathematics and its place in the world -- 11. The mathematicians who never were : fiction and humor
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|a Despite what we may sometimes imagine, popular mathematics writing didn't begin with Martin Gardner. In fact, it has a rich tradition stretching back hundreds of years. This entertaining and enlightening anthology--the first of its kind--gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing, bringing to life a little-known side of math history. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, A Wealth of Numbers includes recreational, classroom, and work mathematics;...
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