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A review by esperata
e: the Story of a Number by Eli Maor
3.0
Despite being described as accesible to readers with 'only a modest background in mathematics', the equations depicted are fairly complicated. Whether because the workings of logarithms with a slide rule is now obsolete, or because I haven't studied math for several years, I found the proofs and explanations difficult to get my head round.
However all this was interspersed with chapters on the major figures in mathematical history, and a sequential description of it's advancement, which was interesting. Some parts were even amusing and I would recommend this book to anyone interested in mathematics.
However all this was interspersed with chapters on the major figures in mathematical history, and a sequential description of it's advancement, which was interesting. Some parts were even amusing and I would recommend this book to anyone interested in mathematics.