Nice to get back into books after weeks of chaos as we moved into our home. On to the review:
Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers is just that. The author chooses 100 'ponderables'- personalities, artefacts, or concepts critical to our understanding of math- and presents each succinctly (generally one page or less).
This was a bargain bin pick-up, so I didn't have high expectations, but I enjoyed it. This is a great jumping-off point to learn basic history and concepts, and give you the terms you need to search further on a topic should you desire.
Rating: A-
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