The Best Writing on Mathematics

I have never encountered a book of this kind. The best description of it I can give is that it is a mystery novel… I found it hard to stop reading before I finished (in two days) the whole text. Soifer engages the reader's attention not only mathematically, but emotionally and esthetically. May you enjoy the book as much as I did!

"a ~Mathematicians, like Proust and everyone else, are at their best when writing about their first lovea (TM) a ] They are among the very best we have; and their best is very good indeed. a ] One approaches this book with high hopes. Happily, one is not disappointed." "a ]In paperback it might well have become a best seller. a ]read it." From The Mathematical Intelligencer "Mathematics is shaped by the consistent concerns and styles of powerful minds a "three of which are represented here. Kaca (TM)s work is marked by deep commitment and breadth of inquiry.

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