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Here's Looking at Euclid
by Alex Bellos
A world tour of numbers: Indian zero, Japanese abacus, pi obsessives, Sudoku, probability. Bellos's warm popular math.
Read it if…
you want math as culture and travel.
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Skip it if…
you want rigor.
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Three things you will actually use
- Math is cultural.
- Zero was invented.
- Play with numbers.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the abacus.
Our verdict
Bellos's tour.
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