Title: moronians
Product review: If you want a good laugh take a look at chapter sixin this hastily compiled piece of trash. No one whodoes not already understand the material on octonianswill be able to penetrate this unannotated formulary.The same goes for the entire second half of the book.[The first half is just a rehash of material so familiarthat there is no need to see it in print for the N+1 st time. ]The only worthwhile entry here is the reference guidingreaders to John Baez's article on octonians which:a) is available free online andb) actually explains in a reader friendly way thehistory, math, and applications involved.The authors (not to mention editors) should be ashamedat such a sloppy treatment of this rich and historicallyinteresting episode in mathematics.
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