The Art Of Mathematics

Clear, concise, and superbly written, this book reveals the beauty at the heart of mathematics -- and it makes that beauty accessible to everyone. Mathematics p... » 

Clear, concise, and superbly written, this book reveals the beauty at the heart of mathematics -- and it makes that beauty accessible to everyone. Mathematics professor and poet Jerry P. King writes with passion and wit of Euclid, Yeats, Poincaré, and Rembrandt, drawing examples from axioms, paintings, and symphonies. Dover unabridged republication of the edition published by Ballantine Books in 1993. «