Mathematical Circles: Volume 2, Mathematical Circles Revisited, Mathematical (v. 2)

For many years, famed mathematics historian and master teacher Howard Eves collected stories and anecdotes about mathematics and mathematicians, gathering them together in six Mathematical Circles books. Thousands of teachers of mathematics have read these stories and anecdotes for their own enjoyment and used them in the classroom - to add entertainment, to introduce a human element, to inspire the student, and to forge some links of cultural history. All six of the Mathematical Circles books have been reissued as a three-volume edition. This three-volume set is a must for all who enjoy the mathematical enterprise, especially those who appreciate the human and cultural aspects of mathematics.

Quadrant I. Numbers and numerals; Big numbers; Pi; Gematria; Counting boards; Tally sticks; Computers; Weights and measures; Quadrant II. Symbols and terminology; Arithmetic and algebra; Geometry; Trigonometry; Probability and statistics; Logic; Topology; Quadrant III. From the younger set; Classroom tactics and antics; Mathematicicans and mathematics; Women of mathematics; Wherein the author is involved; Nicolas Bourbaki; Archimedes to Sidney Cabin; Quadrant IV. Cauchy to Coolidge; Dedekind to Gerbert; Hamilton and Hardy; Heilbronn to Hurwitz; Kasner to Lawrence; Miller to Newton; Peano to Swift; Sylvester to Whitehead; Norbert Wiener. Quadrant I. Numbers and number reckoning; Magic squares; Mathematically motivated designs; Geometry; Quadrant II. From the American scene; Among the English; Irishmen; Two Scotsmen; The last universalist; Croutons for the French soup; Quadrant III. Two Norwegians and a Russian; The prince of mathematicians; The great Gottingen professors; The master; Quadrant IV. Further Gottingen mathematicians; More German mathematicians; Olla-Podrida; Printers and books; Psychology; Addenda. Esthetics.

'The 360 different anecdotes compiled in these delightful volumes will add zest to every teacher's mathematical classes. There are appropriate selections for all levels of students. They are short, succinct, and at the same time given in simple settings which enable the reader to identify with the story and its implications. Here is presented the kind of material that makes the difference to the undecided student. I highly recommend you putting a copy next to your worktable.' The Mathematics Teacher

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