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A Wealth of Numbers: An Anthology of 500 Years of Popular Mathematics Writing

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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 500 years of popular math writing, bringing to life a little-known side of math history. Ranging...