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Mathematics 1001: Absolutely Everything That Matters About Mathematics in 1001 Bite-Sized Explanations (2010) 90 Exemplare
Mathematics 1001: Absolutely Everything That Matters in Mathematics. Richard Elwes (1702) 30 Exemplare
Chaotic Fishponds and Mirror Universes: The Strange Maths Behind the Modern World (2013) 25 Exemplare
How to Solve the Da Vinci Code: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Mathematics (2012) 18 Exemplare
First poems 1 Exemplar
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I've had this on a shelf for years. I recently took it down because I'm doing an all-math reading year ... and a lot of this reading is pretty, um, thick, at least sometimes. Because the presentation of this book screamed "fluffy" I decided to grab it for some relief.
It is *not* fluffy. The contents range from basic to ... well, really not basic at all. You won't find extensive coverage of any particular thing, here -- that would have required a MUCH larger book -- but you will find wonders, surprises, things you didn't knew worked/existed/ ... and in the 'simple' stuff, too. It's completely delightful. I even wrote the author earlier today to tell him how much I liked it (he's gotten positive reviews from some mathematical heavyweights on this book, too -- so you needn't believe little old me). If you enjoy mathematics at all this is a great browsing book, and for me, a keeper.… (mehr)