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Pelican Books
Mathematics and the imagination
This book entertains as it educates, gently enticing the readers into the world of mathematics and disclosing a veritable fairyland.
The authors make everything seem reassuringly simple, as they explain the mathematical vocabulary, the 'infinite class', PIE, imaginary numbers, and place and fancy geometries. They describe puzzles and paradoxes which have amused generations while making mathematical history.
A storehouse of intriguing information, copiously illustrated, this book introduces the humblest inquirer to the 'proudest queen of the intellectual world'.
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