A review by laurazdavidson
Here's Looking at Euclid: From Counting Ants to Games of Chance - An Awe-Inspiring Journey Through the World of Numbers by Alex Bellos

4.0

This made me nostalgic for teaching high school math. I always tried to give students some background on the history of mathematics as well as the mechanics (no, they weren't really interested... sigh), and I found a wealth of amusing and informative tidbits here.