
Wealth of Numbers
An entertaining and informative anthology of popular math writing from the Renaissance to cyberspace
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 antholog—the first of its kind—gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections from the past ...
An entertaining and informative anthology of popular math writing from the Renaissance to cyberspace
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 antholog—the first of its kind—gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections from the past ...