''The Math Book'' (Sterling Publishing, 2009. ) is a book by American author
Clifford A. Pickover
Clifford Alan Pickover (born August 15, 1957) is an American author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, science fiction, innovation, and creativity. For many years, he was employed at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research ...
.
Summary
The book contains 250 one-page articles on milestones in the history of math. Each article is followed by a related full-page color image.
Criticism
Pickover states, “The Latin translation
f Al-Khuwarizmi's Algebraintroduced the decimal positional number system to Europe” (84). Later, Pickover writes that Fibonacci's Liber Abaci "introduced the Hindu-Arabic numerals and decimal system to Western Europe" (100).
Reception
The book has consistently received good reviews.
The book has been praised by
Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writings of Lewis ...
.
The book is the winner of the Von Neumann Prize.
The book has been praised by
Boing Boing
''Boing Boing'' is a website, first established as a zine in 1988, later becoming a group blog. Common topics and themes include technology, futurism, science fiction, gadgets, intellectual property, Disney, and left-wing politics. It twice won ...
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References
External links
GoodReads
meatorama.com
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Mathematics books
2009 non-fiction books