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Here's Looking at Euclid

by Alex Bellos

See its constellation

Published
2010
Genre
Nonfiction
Publisher
Free Press
Pages
319
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7901962-here-s-looking-at-euclid?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24

Reading measures

Suggested reading age
ages 17–18
Ambleside year
Year 12 onwards · ages 17–20

An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.

Too often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, "math can be inspiring and brilliantly creative. Mathematical thought is one of the great achievements of the human race, and arguably the foundation of all human progress. The world of mathematics is a remarkable place."

ISBN

ISBN-13
9781416588283
ISBN-10
1416588280

Tags

HistoryScience-MathematicsTravel