TY - JOUR
T1 - Putting Two and Two Together
T2 - Selections from the Mathologer Files by Burkard Polster and Marty Ross American Mathematical Society, 2021, 274 pp., $39.00 Reviewed by Jarek Kędra
AU - Kedra, Jarek
PY - 2022/8/6
Y1 - 2022/8/6
N2 - The book under review is a selection of Maths Masters weekly columns from Melbourne’s newspaper Age. It is the second collection after A Dingo Ate My Math Book, from 2017 (reviewed in the summer 2019 issue of this journal). The present set is divided into seven thematic parts and comprises sixty-four essays. The guiding idea for each column is to present a mathematical gem or idea in a way not only accessible to a wide audience but also in the form of a witty newspaper column and often with allusions to current events. Each essay ends with a puzzle for the reader to ponder.
AB - The book under review is a selection of Maths Masters weekly columns from Melbourne’s newspaper Age. It is the second collection after A Dingo Ate My Math Book, from 2017 (reviewed in the summer 2019 issue of this journal). The present set is divided into seven thematic parts and comprises sixty-four essays. The guiding idea for each column is to present a mathematical gem or idea in a way not only accessible to a wide audience but also in the form of a witty newspaper column and often with allusions to current events. Each essay ends with a puzzle for the reader to ponder.
U2 - 10.1007/s00283-022-10222-w
DO - 10.1007/s00283-022-10222-w
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
SN - 0343-6993
JO - The Mathematical Intelligencer
JF - The Mathematical Intelligencer
ER -