The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity

author: Steven H. Strogatz

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.67

book published: 2012

rating: 5

read at: 2012/09/07

date added: 2012/09/07

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A wonderful book of short essays displaying the elegance of math in a grand and easily digestible format. This book started life as a series of columns in the New York Times as an introduction to and has been expanded on a bit. Each chapter is the length of a typical column, and while the book is by no means comprehensive, there are copious notes and reading lists in the back should one want to explore topics further.



The book starts with basics like numbers and addition and continues right on to infinity. Filled with history, anecdotes and *gasp* how we actually use each type of math in our daily lives, the book is written in a very comfortable style. Filled with humor and the joy of learning, I found it refreshing and inviting to it's approach.





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