The hardest thing about describing this book is saying whether it's fiction or non-fiction. It's mostly a series of essays on math, mathematicians, and how the two affect each other. But, it's presented as a series of letters to a fictional young (in the beginning, aspiring) mathematician named M...
In the golden year of 1905, the man who would become the most iconic scientist of his time published three papers, each of which revolutionized a separate branch of physics. He was not at that time a professional scientist. He had studied at university but had not been able to obtain a teaching p...
. . When I was fourteen, I started collecting mathematical curiosities. I’ve been doing that for nearly fifty years now, and the collection has outgrown the original notebook. So when my publisher suggested putting together a mathematical miscellany, there was no shortage of material. The result ...
Gas lighting, which dates from 1790, was occasionally used in homes and business premises, mainly by inventors and entrepreneurs. Gas street lighting came into use in Paris in 1820. At that time, the standard way to send messages was to write a letter and send it by horse-drawn carriage; for urge...
For the survival of the many, the few shall be sacrificed. For the survival of the few, the self shall be sacrificed. For the survival of the self, the principle shall be sacrificed. Koans of the Cuckoo You are safe now,” the...