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Country United States Publication date August 11, 2004 Originally published 11 August 2004 Page count 400 ISBN 0471270474 | 4.1/5 AbeBooks Language English Pages 400 Publisher John Wiley & Sons Subject Mathematics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes (2004) is a bestselling book by British author David Darling.
Contents
Summary
The book is presented in a dictionary format. The book is divided into headwords, which, as the title suggests, run from Abracadabra to Zeno's paradoxes.
The book also provides relevant diagrams and illustrations.
Errors
The first edition of the book had several errors which were fixed in later editions. Several famous scientists have sent in corrections to the author of the book. These include Warren Johnson and Freeman Dyson.
Reception
The book has been praised by BoingBoing and British newspaper The Independent.
Problems and Puzzles mentioned in the book have been discussed and debated several times by several major mathematicians.