Review: Reaching for the Extreme: Ian Stewart **** - The UK's best raconteur of mathematics takes on some of the extremes of the mathematical world, and in doing so gives us some real insights into what makes mathematicians tick. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2026/02/reac... #bookreview #popularmaths
Reaching for the Extreme - Ian Stewart ****
Ian Stewart is arguably the UK's best raconteur of mathematics - here he takes on some of the extremes of the mathematical world, and in doi...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Review: Reaching for the Extreme: Ian Stewart **** - The UK's best raconteur of mathematics takes on some of the extremes of the mathematical world, and in doing so gives us some real insights into what makes mathematicians tick. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2026/02/reac... #bookreview #popularmaths
Review: The Language of Mathematics - Raúl Rojas *** - unconnected essays giving decent if dry histories of mathematical symbols popsciencebooks.blogspot.com #bookreview #popularmaths
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May 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Review: The Language of Mathematics - Raúl Rojas *** - unconnected essays giving decent if dry histories of mathematical symbols popsciencebooks.blogspot.com #bookreview #popularmaths
Review: Numbercrunch: Oliver Johnson *** - Some really interesting material on ways that maths is useful in everyday life, but the descriptive approach with no equations can be hard to follow and too much is based on COVID. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/numb... #bookreview #popularmaths
Numbercrunch - Oliver Johnson ***
A classic curate's egg of a book. Some aspects of it are brilliant, but there is enough that isn't to make it frustrating. Wisely, Oliver Jo...
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April 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Review: Numbercrunch: Oliver Johnson *** - Some really interesting material on ways that maths is useful in everyday life, but the descriptive approach with no equations can be hard to follow and too much is based on COVID. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/numb... #bookreview #popularmaths
Review: Proof: Adam Kucharski *** - Doesn't really do what it says on the tin - spends far too long on COVID decisions and Abraham Lincoln's application of logic to law work - but some interesting bits on p-values etc. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/03/proo... #bookreview #COVID #popularmaths
Proof: Adam Kucharski ***
This seemed to be a book that had a lot going for it. The topic of 'the science of certainty' appealed to a reader like me who is fascinated...
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March 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Review: Proof: Adam Kucharski *** - Doesn't really do what it says on the tin - spends far too long on COVID decisions and Abraham Lincoln's application of logic to law work - but some interesting bits on p-values etc. popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2025/03/proo... #bookreview #COVID #popularmaths
In the last of my short infinite series of blog posts we take a look at the need for more than one size of infinity: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-sh... #infinity #popularmaths #recreationalmathematics
A Short Infinite Series #5 - my infinity's bigger than yours
An infinite series is a familiar mathematical concept, where '...' effectively indicates 'don't ever stop' - for example 1 + ½ + ¼ + ⅛... an...
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February 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the last of my short infinite series of blog posts we take a look at the need for more than one size of infinity: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-sh... #infinity #popularmaths #recreationalmathematics