A wealth of numbers [ an anthology of 500 years of popular mathematics writing
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 th...
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Table of Contents:
- 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