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1. The Time Stream; The Greatest
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2. The Magic of Numbers
 
3. Before the dawn (Science fiction)
 
4. The search for truth
$14.55
5. The cyclotomic quinary quintic
 
6. The handmaiden of the sciences,
 
7. The queen of the sciences, (A
 
8. Seeds of life, and White lily;
 
$12.74
9. An Arithmetical Theory Of Certain
$13.71
10. Recreations
 
11. Cyclotomic Quinary Quintic Dissertation
 
12. The development of mathematics,
 
$49.99
13. The Time Stream, The Greatest
 
14. G.O.G. 666
 
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15. The Iron Star (Classics of Science
 
16. Mathematics, queen and servant
17. The Last Problem
 
18. Mathematics: Queen and servant
 
19. Debunking science, (University
 
20. Five studies in mathematics, (University

1. The Time Stream; The Greatest Adventure; The Purple Sapphire
by John; Bell, Eric Temple Taine
Paperback: 532 Pages (1964)

Asin: B000FWNNYS
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2. The Magic of Numbers
by Eric Temple Bell
Paperback: 425 Pages (1991-09-10)
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Asin: 0486267881
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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From one of the foremost interpreters for laymen of the history and meaning of mathematics: a stimulating account of the origins of mathematical thought and the development of numerical theory from its beginnings in ancient times to the modern era, probing the work of Pythagoras, Galileo, Berkeley, Einstein and many others, and exploring the ways in which "number magic" has influenced the development of religion, philosophy, science and mathematics.
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5-0 out of 5 stars About mathematics and philosophical thinking
This book is a fascinating journey into the history of science and the world of mathematics and numbers and their connection with philosophical thinking. The fundamental argument is whether the nature of existence can be explained by deductive reasoning, as Pythagoras and Plato believed, or via experimentation, and also whether mathematics is an invention or a discovery.

The review begins with Pythagoras and Plato who recognized mathematics as an expression of the divine principles of creation and order. Subsequently this view became corrupted through the dogmatization of Christianity. Then a major shift occurred through Newton's work to understand nature via experimentation, and mathematics was relegated to backing it up. This change is seen as the cause of the industrial revolution. The next major turn about happened as a consequence of quantum physics which necessitated mathematics to dominate again not only because mathematics can explain complex issues in a comparatively simple and concise manner but also because experimental verification has become extremely difficult if not impossible. However, although mathematics has assumed the key role again, the author points out that it is now devoid of spiritual meaning.

The intriguing aspect is though that many aspects of the sub-atomic world were predicted by spiritual sources, and multidimensionality and multiple universes were in the spiritual vocabulary long before science stumbled upon their existence. Unfortunately, the author gives no credence to this. On the contrary he is often sarcastic and at best displays an amused tolerance as exemplified in his belief that 'everything is number' is possibly the most mischievous misreading of nature in the history of human errors. He also believes that Pythagoras' and Plato's ideas were directly responsible for retarding the start of modern science.

Nevertheless, the author presented a brilliant analysis of core problems of existence, and although it is one sided in some ways, we can easily fill in the gaps ourselves and allow spiritual and scientific thinking to support each other (this may horrify the author though).

Haran, author of '75 Lives of Haran - New Insights into Reincarnation'
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3. Before the dawn (Science fiction)
by Eric Temple Bell
 Unknown Binding: 247 Pages (1975)

Isbn: 0405063148
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3-0 out of 5 stars Temporal Viewing
Before the Dawn by Eric Temple Bell (using the pseudonym John Taine), was published originally in 1934.In 1949, it appeared on August Derleth's Arkham Survey of `Basic SF Titles', tied for 13th.Time has not been very kind to this book, and it remains largely unnoticed today.

The story centers on an invention that allows people to view history by extracting the light which was absorbed by stones throughout history.In using the time viewer, the characters in the book watch the extinction of the dinosaurs, and in particular they follow one dinosaur which they name Belshazzar, who is a massive flesh eater.

The reasons this book is not mentioned with the greats today are clear; the science part of the book doesn't really make much sense, nor would it have even when the book was written.Likewise science has shown that the species of dinosaurs that interact in this story, almost certainly were not alive during the same periods of time.On the positive side, this is perhaps the first science fiction story to use the concept of a time viewer.Also, the story itself is fairly well written, and is enjoyable to read. ... Read more


4. The search for truth
by Eric Temple Bell
 Hardcover: 279 Pages (1946)

Asin: B0007JKI7O
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1934. Contents: Looking Forward; Case Histories; The Great Pyramid; The Ancient Cambodians; The Infant Prodigy; The Treaty of Croton; Paralyzed and Petrified; Through the Tunnel; Bogged; Escape; Heathen Gods; Science and Religiosity; Old Clo'; The Great Emancipator; The Fourth Dimension; The Last Idol; Retrospect; and The Priesthood of Science. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars German Saugage Cold Cuts, William James, and an Electrical Engineer named "BlueBottle"
On page 58 there begins a fascinating tale about how in 1906 just before the San Fransico Earth quake, Eric Temple Bell is charmed and conned into crashing (Bell nor his fried were invited!) a german-style salon philosophizing session with William James, "the American psychologist and philosopher who lived from 1842 to 1910, and who created the philosophical theory called pragmatism."
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5. The cyclotomic quinary quintic
by Eric Temple Bell
Paperback: 114 Pages (2010-07-30)
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Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : New Era PrintingPublication date: 1912Subjects: CyclotomyNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more


6. The handmaiden of the sciences,
by Eric Temple Bell
 Hardcover: 216 Pages (1937)

Asin: B00085ILTY
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7. The queen of the sciences, (A Century of progress series)
by Eric Temple Bell
 Paperback: 138 Pages (1938)

Asin: B00085HFYG
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8. Seeds of life, and White lily;
by Eric Temple Bell
 Paperback: 367 Pages (1966)

Asin: B0006BO8I8
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9. An Arithmetical Theory Of Certain Numerical Functions (1915)
by Eric Temple Bell
 Paperback: 48 Pages (2010-09-10)
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more


10. Recreations
by Eric Temple Bell
Paperback: 160 Pages (2010-01-09)
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more


11. Cyclotomic Quinary Quintic Dissertation
by Eric Temple Bell
 Paperback: Pages (1912)

Asin: B003YKWE8Y
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12. The development of mathematics,
by Eric Temple Bell
 Hardcover: 637 Pages (1945)

Asin: B0006AQOLI
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Filled with compelling insights of special interest to every mathematician, engineer and scientist, this time-honored study by one of the 20th century’s foremost scholars and interpreters of the history and meaning of mathematics, surveys the roled played by mathematics in the evolution of civilization. It describes clearly the main principles, methods and theories of mathematics that have survived from about 4000 BC to 1945. 1945 edition.
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5-0 out of 5 stars Development of Mathematics
"Once we venture beyond the rudiments," says Bell, "we may agree that those who cultivate mathematics have more interesting things to say about it than those who merely venerate." No more eloquent substantiation of this assertion could be wished for than this book in which it appears. A cultivator himself, Bell requires no introduction to mathematicians. He knows mathematical creation--its trials and its rewards--at first hand. Nor does he need introduction to the wider reading public. It seems, however, that in this work he has risen to a new level of accomplishment, which merits the genuine appreciation of all those who regard mathematics and its related sciences as a vital field of human activity, and find interest in the history of their development. This is an eminently readable book, written in an engaging and graceful style. At the same time it is a scholarly work with a wholly serious purpose, full of information and fact, and covering much material which is otherwise not easily accessible.

As the keynote of the book Bell sounds an old quotation: "There is probably no other science which presents such different appearances to one who cultivates it and to one who does not, as mathematics. To [the noncultivator] it is ancient, venerable, and complete; a body of dry, irrefutable, unambiguous reasoning. To the mathematician, on the other hand, his science is in the purple bloom of vigorous youth, everywhere stretching out after the attainable but unattained, and full of the excitement of nascent thoughts; its logic beset with ambiguities, and its analytic processes, like Bunyan's road, have a quagmire on one side and a deep ditch on the other, and branch off into innumerable by-paths that end in a wilderness."

To the student of mathematics the historical development of his subject appears all too inevitably as a wilderness, and moreover as an almost impenetrable one when the last century or two are approached. With research pressed in this time and at the present on many fronts by a vast number of investigators, with many different groups of these pursuing apparently quite diverse objectives, and with all of them changing their tactics and goals disconcertingly often, the residue of their attainments is a sweltering jungle indeed. Through this the present book lays a very welcome road. The typical and more significant trends and episodes are isolated, the genesis, growth and efflorescence of some of the concepts and methods, whose survival to the present is their guarantee of significance, are traced, and often their decadence in periods of sterile overelaboration is observed.

The book is not of the "popular" kind, as this term is generally understood, since it makes small effort to be intelligible to readers wholly uninitiated mathematically. Indeed, its appeal will probably be found to vary almost directly with the reader's mathematical attainments. The less trained will find much that is entirely narrative and non-technical, and will some-times find quite enlightening the concise but generally clear technical surveys that are given. The advanced student of mathematics and science will find much more to interest him, and will value the orientations which the book supplies. Professional mathematicians, even those who are themselves momentarily engaged in extending mathematical theories and their applications, will find the book a thoroughly worth-while reading of mathematical evolution. This is not to say by any means that they will in all instances read from the noted trends and related episodes precisely the same inferences as does the author. The better, perhaps, that in some cases they should not.

For the purposes of this review it is convenient to regard the book as falling into two parts, consisting respectively of the first six chapters, which treat of mathematics up to the year 1637, and the remaining seventeen chapters which terminate the discussion at the present time. The first part, which begins with a general prospectus, is given over thereafter to a review of mathematics in the ancient Babylonian and Egyptian eras, in the Greek period, in the dark age of Europe, through the Arabian epoch and the Renaissance. While completely nontechnical, even these chapters are not to be regarded as a historical text. There is not the customary cataloguing of names and facts, but rather a sort of running narrative commentary, of which a full appreciation will be somewhat conditioned upon the reader's previous knowledge of the history. Bell acknowledges these pages to hold in the main a collation of material from more or less familiar and classical works. These chapters appear to be by far the weaker part of the book; to be in fact a trifle pedestrian, though not always unprovocative. As is well known, iconoclastic tendencies are not invariably eschewed by Bell. The so-called debunking of tradition is often salutary. An excess of it, however, though it adds a sensational element to the reading, may in the case of immature or otherwise undiscriminating readers leave impressions that are not wholly fortunate or just. Enjoyable or regrettable, as the reader may find them, he will find here, and throughout the book, a sprinkling of the quips and sophistications which those who know Bell would rather expect, and some will perhaps deplore his occasional momentary lapses from a generally prevalent high scholarly objectiveness to the inclusion of less happy and rather discordant contemporary comment.

The peculiar contribution of the book is by all odds to be found in its second part. Here Bell's excellent qualifications for his task, which include a technical equipment beyond the range of the usual historian, and a literary facility far beyond the range of the usual mathematician, really come to bear. The wide gamut of topics discussed is perhaps best suggested by the chapter headings, which are the following: The beginnings of modern mathematics 1637- 1687; Extension of number; Toward mathematical structure; Arithmetic generalized; Emergence of structural analysis; Cardinal and ordinal to 1902; From intuition to absolute rigor, 1700-1900; Rational arithmetic after Fermat; Contributions from geometry; The impulse from science; From mechanics to generalized variables; Differential and difference equations; Invariance; Certain major theories of functions; Through physics to general analysis and abstractness; Uncertainties and probabilities.

It would be entirely impossible to abstract these chapters briefly. They should be read in their completeness. Mathematics and mathematicians live in them, and not infrequently lend themselves to genuine drama. The presentation of the whole is admirable. It is flowing and graceful and often characterized by a genuine and delightful humor. A feature which will be prized is Bell's almost invariable practice of labeling all investigators and notable publications with their nationality and dates.

The publishers of the book are to be thanked for an attractive and legible volume. Bell deserves recognition and high praise for such a significant work. Many the scientist who has come to realize, to his humility, that his vaunted work would in his absence have soon been accomplished by another. One may safely venture that no other would soon have written this book had Bell not done so.

5-0 out of 5 stars The Mathematicians Bible . . . hardly surpassed;
First, I'd like to point out that Morris Kline's effort, although great, hardly surpasses E.T. Bell's "The Development of Mathematics."I suppose in terms of page length, it does; but, in some of that respect, Morris Kline's effort is a failure; the effort to put more mathematics in it failed because in each mathematical development Mr Kline begins to describe, he leaves out or throws in some part that you don't know where it came from . . . leaving the mathematical presentation wanting.Morris Kline covers the same time period that E.T. Bell does and for the same reasons; to include an account of the mathematics after the early 1900s would more than double the size of the book.With Morris Kline's book out of the way; i'll talk more about E.T. Bell's!

Some, maybe most people would criticize books like this calling them 'popularizers.Well, in terms of some books that like to explain parts of quantum mechanics or general/special relativity; they may be right.But, books like E.T Bell's "The Development of Mathematics" are not about trying to explain this or that esoteric theory without the mathematics; E.T Bell's "The Development of Mathematics" is a bible of mathematics(as is Morris Kline's ); it is the philosophy, history, and reference book to all the relevant knowledge . . . the actual papers.To be a real intellectual is to have perspective; in mathematics, that perspective is really hard; this is what E.T. Bell's effort gives; it gives that perspective of all of mathematics(and its relation to the human condition).

THis is how we should raise mathematicians; read this book as a reference to all the original(as orginal as can be) mathematical papers.

5-0 out of 5 stars Go, read, and disagree for yourself.
The great mathematician Saunders Mac Lane (1909--2005, with several books available on Amazon) reviewed this book in 1946.His comments are worth reading still:

This magnificent, inclusive, and provocative survey of the origin and adventures of mathematical ideas has now appeared in a second edition. Various material has been added; an extensive survey of recent developments in lattice theory, together with notes on recent advances in such disparate subjects as Diophantine Analysis (Mordell, Segre), Waring's problem (Niven), unified field theory (Einstein), surface area (Youngs), three-valued logic and quantum mechanics (Reichenbach), the inconsistency of Quine's system of logistic (Rosser), the advances in completeness theorems in logic (Kleene), and the use of mathematics during the second world war. Various other statements have been brought up to date by the simple device of replacing 1940 by 1945....

The great virtue of this book is that it does not merely record facts, but it arranges ideas and passes judgment as to their importance. This aim, combined with the tremendous scope of the work, makes it inevitable that there should be errors both of fact and of judgment....

But enough of carping criticism. It's great fun to read this book, just because there are so many chances profitably to disagree with its provocative author. The wealth of possible topics of difference must be read to be appreciated. Is Plato as vicious as Bell's everywhere dense cracks would indicate? Does Bell overemphasize the importance of lattice theory and miss some of the significant developments in modern topology? Has this hard-headed author been duped by the advocates of Brouwerian logic and many-valued logics? Is Frechet's work as significant as Bell claims? Might some mathematical war workers disagree with Bell's dismissal of spherical trigonometry as useless?

The book is of great value for many classes of readers.... The philosopher wiI1 disagree with the jabs at Kant, but will profit from the view of living mathematics. The young mathematician will gain background and will learn of the ebb and flow of fashion in the specialties of research, To all these and others one might say: don't wonder about it, but go, read, and disagree for yourself.

5-0 out of 5 stars Spellbinding and Provocative
As a retired professional mathematician eager to learn more about the history of my subject, I found this book absolutely fascinating. Bell writes very forcefully, sometimes expressing his personal judgments in a manner that some might find offensive but which I found provocative (he frequently gives references in his notes to other scholars who disagree with his views). He doesn't hesitate to report on the dark side of mathematicians' battles (both philosophical and personal) with one another.

I recommend that one read a more conventional history of mathematics (such as Boyer, Kline or Gratton-Guinness) before attempting this controversial one.

Be forewarned that Constance Reid, in her biography of Bell, points out errors in this book. I forgive Bell for those because no one person could possibly comprehend in detail all the abstruse mathematics which he covers relatively well. I recommend this book only to readers already somewhat knowledgeable in mathematics.

4-0 out of 5 stars A good general outline of Mathematics
While the style could be better, this is a general and good outline of the history of mathematics.

I would point out that the little time spent on Al-Magi Al-Khawarizmi (literally "The Magus (Zorastarian, not Muslim) from Khazar (near the Caspian Sea)") is justified.Al-Khawarizmi merely translated the formulaic Algebra (which the Indians developed from the Greeks and systemized it from its rhetorical origin) from a Hindu text (brought to the court of the Caliph by Indian Ambassadors seeking trade, they were soon rewarded with Moghul Jihad) and translated the Hindu word for 'reorganisation' or 'rebalancing' into Arabic (Al-Jabr).From there, Spanish scholars were able to access the work.As a translator, AL-Khawarizmi certainly provided a service, but he was a Zorastarian from the biggest population of Zorastarians outside of Persia, Khazar.No self-respecting Muslim would keep "al-Magus" as part of his name after conversion. ... Read more


13. The Time Stream, The Greatest Adventure, The Purple Sapphire: Three Science Fiction Novels
by John Taine, Eric Temple Bell
 Paperback: 532 Pages (1964)
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14. G.O.G. 666
by John (pen name used by Eric Temple Bell) Taine
 Paperback: Pages (1963)

Asin: B000GVZ0IU
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15. The Iron Star (Classics of Science Fiction)
by Eric Temple Bell, John Taine
 Paperback: 357 Pages (1976-06)
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16. Mathematics, queen and servant of science
by Eric Temple Bell
 Hardcover: 437 Pages (1951-01-31)

Asin: B0007JNARY
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An absorbing account of pure and applied mathematics from the geometry of Euclid to that of Riemann, and its application in Einstein's theory of relativity. The twenty chapters cover such topics as: algebra, number theory, logic, probability, infinite sets and the foundations of mathematics, rings, matrices, transformations, groups, geometry, and topology. Mathematics was republished in 1987 with corrections and an added foreword by Martin Gardner. ... Read more

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4-0 out of 5 stars Thorough survey of mathematics
One of the most thorough surveys of mathematics I have read. Tends to concentrate on algebras. Too little on probability and statistics. Also somewhat dated for anything near cutting edge. Nothing on computer science or computational theory, for example. For a newer survey, esp more on philosophical and applications, though less on how it is done, you might try Davis & Hersh, The Mathematical Experience.

5-0 out of 5 stars Nobody wraps a story around mathematics better than Bell
If I was to ever teach a course in expository writing in mathematics, decide to write a popular book in mathematics, or be asked to advise someone who was going to do either one, this book would be my first and highest recommendation as a resource. There is no one better than Bell at wrapping an engaging story around mathematics. It is hardly surprising that he was also successful as a writer of science fiction. In less than 450 pages he manages to explain why mathematics is important, give a reasonably complete history of the subject and show how well both can be done. This book should be required reading for all mathematics majors and minors.

4-0 out of 5 stars A re-read after many years
I will keep this very brief.I am an electricalengineer and computer scientist, and, after a couple of decades in the "commercial world" ,am always amazed at the "unreal effectiveness" of mathematics when applied to this and the real world.Bell's book captures this essence in a timeless tome that must be required reading and regular re-reading for all aspiring. and indeed, practising,mathematicians, engineers and scientists.It is a source of both inspiration and "bringing back to earth" to those that read it.No serious practitioners library should be without it. ... Read more


17. The Last Problem
by Eric Temple Bell
Hardcover: 308 Pages (1961)

Asin: B0006AX7FY
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What Eric Temple Bell calls the last problem is the problem of proving 'Fermat's Last Theorem', which Fermat wrote in the margin of a book almost 350 years ago. The original text of The Last Problem traced the problem from 2000 BC to 17th century France. Along the way we learn quite a bit about history, and just as much about mathematics. Underwood Dudley's notes bring us up-to-date on recent attempts to solve the problem - for the latest printing, he has added a three page addendum about its recent proof by Andrew Wiles. This book fits no categories. It is not a book of mathematics: it is a biography of a famous problem. Pages go by without an equation appearing. It is both a history of number theory and its place in our civilisation, and a history of our civilisation's relationship with mathematics. This rich and varied, wide-ranging book, written with force and vigor by someone with a distinctive style and point of view will provide hours of enjoyable reading for anyone interested in mathematics. ... Read more

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4-0 out of 5 stars Good storytelling interpersed with mathematical history
Written as a concurrent reflection on the human race and the history of Fermat's "Last Theorem", this book can be downed in gulps like a cold beer on a hot day or slowly sipped like a fine wine. In either case, it will besavored. The author, whose writing style is often cantankerous butsplendid, delivers much more than mathematics. While social and politicalcommentary abound and sometimes dominate, Bell neverloses his focus onthe development of the problem. Which is some feat, considering it takeshim over 200 pages before he gets to Fermat himself.
At times the toneis one of disgust:

" If the Babylonians were a bloody lot onoccasion, the Asyrians surpassed them almost continuously in ruthless warand cold-blooded cruelty. It is impossible to find a human parallel fortheir unbridled ferocity; we have to go back to the carnivorous dinosaurs,long extinct, to match them" (Page 35)

" Visits to Parisshowed him (Bachet) how the best people of the day lived, grossly overfedlike prize hogs at a county fair, and fussily beribboned like professionalstreetwalkers, male and female, in the midst of seething swarms of starvingbeggars and diseased cripples draped in rotting rags." (Page 204)

at times ironic:

"They (Romans) were also fairlygood at war until they degenerated. The great Julius Caesar, for example,in his campaign against Gaul exterminated a million nearly helpless men,woman and children, and enslaved that many more." (Page 193)

and sometimes subtly hilarious:

"In fact her (Cleopatra's)first notable conquest was Julius Caesar, who had got his start toward thetop by submissive pederasty. Young Julius literally had begun at thebottom, and had risen like a rocket to love, fame and glory. At the age ofeighteen, a handsome Roman legionnaire, he was willingly seduced by KingNicomedes of Bithynia." (Page 123)

Even the modern AmericanCaesar, Douglas MacArthur, is the target of a barb.
A master of thelanguage, Bell is one of the few mathematical commentators that can be readjust for fun. Anyone with even a passing interest in mathematics can readthis book for the sheer joy of it.

Published in Journal ofRecreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission. ... Read more


18. Mathematics: Queen and servant of science
by Eric Temple Bell
 Unknown Binding: 437 Pages (1952)

Asin: B0000CI72H
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19. Debunking science, (University of Washington chapbooks)
by Eric Temple Bell
 Unknown Binding: 40 Pages (1930)

Asin: B00086XGIY
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20. Five studies in mathematics, (University of Washington publications in mathematics)
by Eric Temple Bell
 Unknown Binding: 1 Pages (1926)

Asin: B00087DPC0
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