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Title: The Lighter Side of Mathematics
Review: This encyclopedia of mathematics was quite worthwhile to read nevertheless.I expected an in-depth review of various famous math formulas and procedures for calculating numbers and short stories about the people who created them.Most of the items listed were interesting to read about.Yet,some were just trivial in nature.Based upon the glowing reviews,i felt compelled to investigate this book further.For the serious math student,this book is more crust than bread.For a book entitled,'Universal',it's fairly enclusive to the British and German mathematicians only. Now,puzzlers and ratzlers may be entertained by the charming entries within and even given the impetus to advance their research into weightier mathematic descriptions.However,this book only appears on the 'heavyside',not really enriching enough to nurture a sprouting engineer into fructation.A better title would simply be,"A Short History of Popular Mathematics and Puzzles".
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