Book Summary and Reviews of Here's Looking at Euclid by Alex Bellos

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"Starred Review. [M]ost readers who remember high-school math can follow the clear and entertaining accounts. A smorgasbord for math fans of all abilities." - Kirkus Reviews

"Intellectual entertainment of the first order." - Booklist

"In general, Bellos is cheerful, informative, and entertaining. All of the material will be within the reach of nearly all readers, including those whose formal math education ended in secondary school." - Library Journal

"With humor and profound insights, and an emphasis on elegance and surprise, Alex Bellos has written a truly marvelous survey of modern mathematics. From the mysteries of numbers he plunges into startling aspects of geometry, probability, infinity, non-Euclidian geometry, statistics, origami, and a thousand other wonders of numberland. It is a book that would have delighted mathematician Lewis Carroll. It is a book that will similarly delight anyone tuned to what Bertrand Russell once called the 'cold, austere beauty' of mathematics—an incredible region where, unlike fallible science, assertions are true forever and in all possible worlds." - Martin Gardner, for more than 25 years, author of the “Mathematical Games” column in Scientific American

"Alex Bellos's enthusiasm for mathematics shines from every page. His exploration of mathematics deserves to become an instant classic, and may well do so. If you want to get anyone interested in math, yourself included, then this engaging series of encounters is just what you need." - Ian Stewart, author of Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

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