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Mathematical circles revisited; a second collection of mathematical stories and anecdotes

✍ Scribed by Howard Whitley Eves

Book ID
127456011
Publisher
Prindle, Weber & Schmidt
Year
1971
Tongue
English
Weight
2 MB
Series
Eves Series in Mathematics
Category
Library
City
Boston
ISBN-13
9780871501219

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

In this follow-up to his successful "In Mathematical Circles", Howard Eves once again presents a witty and insightful collection of stories pulled straight from contemporary and ancient mathematical history. Eves threads his way around the human element of mathematics--with the historical and cultural folklore that takes math beyond numbers--and introduces you and your students to a side of mathematics you may never have known existed.

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