The Mathematical Gazette: Volume 82 - Issue 494

The Jungles of Randomness, Ivars Peterson. Pp. 239. £11.99. 1998. ISBN 0-14-027172-4 (Penguin).
Peter Ransom
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01 August 2016, p. 322
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The pleasures of counting, by T. W. Körner. Pp. 533. £17.95. 1996. ISBN 0 521 56087 X (hard) 0 521 56823 4 (paper) (Cambridge University Press).
C. W. Kilmister
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01 August 2016, pp. 322-323
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Darwin among the machines, by George Dyson. Pp. 286. £20. 1987. ISBN 0 713 99205 0 (Allen Lane: The Penguin Press).
Steve Abbott
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01 August 2016, pp. 323-325
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Lion hunting & other mathematical pursuits: a collection of mathematical verse, and stories by Ralph P. Boas, Jr., edited by Gerald L. Alexanderson and Dale H. Mugler. Pp. 308. $39.95 (MAA members $29.95). 1995. ISBN 0-8838-323-X (Mathematical Association of America).
John Fauvel
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01 August 2016, pp. 325-326
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Insights of genius, by Arthur J. Miller. Pp. 482. DM38. ISBN 0 387 94671 3 (Copernicus Springer-Verlag).
Colin R. Fletcher
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01 August 2016, pp. 326-327
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Richard Feynman – a life in science, by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin. Pp. 301. £7.99. 1998. ISBN 0-14-025334-3 (Penguin).
Steve Abbott
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01 August 2016, pp. 327-328
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Problems and solutions from The Mathematical Visitor: 1877-1896, edited by Stanley Rabinowitz. Pp. 258. 1996. ISBN 0-9626401-5-8. (bowron@MathPro.com, MathPro Press).
Karen Hunger Parshall
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01 August 2016, pp. 328-329
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Mathematics of the Incas: code of the quipu, by Marcia Ascher and Robert Ascher. Pp.166. $11.95. 1997. ISBN 0 486 29554 0 (Dover Publications, NY). (An unabridged and corrected republication of the work first published by University of Michigan Press in 1981 under the title Code of the quipu: a study in media, mathematics, and Culture.)
Henry S. Tropp
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01 August 2016, pp. 329-330
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SMP 11-16 Book A7. Pp. 49. £4.95. 1997. ISBN 0-521-47846-4 (Cambridge University Press).
Steve Abbott
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01 August 2016, pp. 330-331
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SMP GCSE Mathematics Revision Series - Revise for GCSE Mathematics – Intermediate Tier, SMP. £4.95. 1997. ISBN 0 521 57902 3. (Cambridge) - GCSE Mathematics revision – Higher Tier, SMP. £4.95. 1997. ISBN 0 521 57907 4 (Cambridge) - GCSE Mathematics revision worksheets for Intermediate and Higher – Copymasters, SMP. £12.95. 1997. ISBN 0 521 57906 6 (Cambridge).
David Whetton
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01 August 2016, p. 331
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A number album, by S. Parameswaran. Pp. 49. 1996. ISBN not available (Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Publication No. 30, available directly from the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Thundathil, Kariavattom, Trivandrum-695 581, Kerala State, India, (tel: 418035))
Richard Mankiewicz
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01 August 2016, pp. 331-332
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Mathematical Challenges III, edited by Bill Richardson. Pp. 66. £7.50. 1998. ISBN 0 9532786 0 3 (The Scottish Mathematical Council).
Gerry Leversha
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01 August 2016, pp. 332-333
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More mathematical challenges, by Tony Gardiner. Pp. 140. £6.95. 1997. ISBN 0 521 58568 6 (Cambridge University Press). - The Mathematical Olympiad handbook, by A. Gardiner. Pp. 229. £14.95. 1997. ISBN 0 19 850105 6 (Oxford University Press). - The contest problem book V, by George Berzsenyi and Stephen E. Maurer. Pp 286. $27.95. 1997. ISBN 0 88385 640 9 (The Mathematical Association of America).
Nick Lord
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01 August 2016, pp. 333-335
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Advanced problems in mathematics (2nd edition), by S. T. C. Siklos. Pp. 91. 1996. (UCLES). (Available directly from: Publications, UCLES, Syndicate Buildings, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge CB1 2EU.)
Richard Mankiewicz
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01 August 2016, p. 335
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The complete A-Z mathematics handbook, by John Berry, Ted Graham, Jenny Sharp and Elizabeth Berry. Pp. 267. £8.99. 1997. ISBN 0-340-68803-3 (Hodder & Stoughton).
Richard Bridges
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01 August 2016, pp. 335-337
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Help yourself to integration, by Hugh Neill. Pp. 91. £5.50. 1997. ISBN 0-582-31804-1 (Longman).
Steve Abbott
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01 August 2016, pp. 337-338
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For all practical purposes – introduction to contemporary mathematics (4th edition), by COMAP (Project Director Solomon Garfunkel). Pp. 884. £29.95. 1997. ISBN 0-7167-2841-9 (W. H. Freeman).
Steve Abbott
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01 August 2016, pp. 338-339
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Interdisciplinary lively application projects (ILAPs), edited by David C. Arney. Pp.222. $27.50 ($22 MAA members). 1997. ISBN 0 88385 706 5 (The Mathematical Association of America).
Richard Bridges
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01 August 2016, p. 339
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Resources for teaching linear algebra, edited by David Carlson, Charles R. Johnson, David C. Lay, A. Duane Porter, Ann E. Watkins and William Watkins. Pp. 287. $34.95. 1997. ISBN 0-88385-150-4 (Mathematical Association of America).
Philip Maher
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01 August 2016, pp. 339-341
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Linear algebra, by Peter D. Lax. Pp. 250. £45. 1997. ISBN 0 471 111112 (John Wiley).
Nick Lord
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01 August 2016, pp. 342-343
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The Jungles of Randomness, Ivars Peterson. Pp. 239. £11.99. 1998. ISBN 0-14-027172-4 (Penguin).

The pleasures of counting, by T. W. Körner. Pp. 533. £17.95. 1996. ISBN 0 521 56087 X (hard) 0 521 56823 4 (paper) (Cambridge University Press).

Darwin among the machines, by George Dyson. Pp. 286. £20. 1987. ISBN 0 713 99205 0 (Allen Lane: The Penguin Press).

Lion hunting & other mathematical pursuits: a collection of mathematical verse, and stories by Ralph P. Boas, Jr., edited by Gerald L. Alexanderson and Dale H. Mugler. Pp. 308. $39.95 (MAA members $29.95). 1995. ISBN 0-8838-323-X (Mathematical Association of America).

Insights of genius, by Arthur J. Miller. Pp. 482. DM38. ISBN 0 387 94671 3 (Copernicus Springer-Verlag).

Richard Feynman – a life in science, by John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin. Pp. 301. £7.99. 1998. ISBN 0-14-025334-3 (Penguin).

Problems and solutions from The Mathematical Visitor: 1877-1896, edited by Stanley Rabinowitz. Pp. 258. 1996. ISBN 0-9626401-5-8. (bowron@MathPro.com, MathPro Press).

SMP 11-16 Book A7. Pp. 49. £4.95. 1997. ISBN 0-521-47846-4 (Cambridge University Press).

A number album, by S. Parameswaran. Pp. 49. 1996. ISBN not available (Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Publication No. 30, available directly from the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Thundathil, Kariavattom, Trivandrum-695 581, Kerala State, India, (tel: 418035))

Mathematical Challenges III, edited by Bill Richardson. Pp. 66. £7.50. 1998. ISBN 0 9532786 0 3 (The Scottish Mathematical Council).

Advanced problems in mathematics (2nd edition), by S. T. C. Siklos. Pp. 91. 1996. (UCLES). (Available directly from: Publications, UCLES, Syndicate Buildings, 1 Hills Road, Cambridge CB1 2EU.)

The complete A-Z mathematics handbook, by John Berry, Ted Graham, Jenny Sharp and Elizabeth Berry. Pp. 267. £8.99. 1997. ISBN 0-340-68803-3 (Hodder & Stoughton).

Help yourself to integration, by Hugh Neill. Pp. 91. £5.50. 1997. ISBN 0-582-31804-1 (Longman).

For all practical purposes – introduction to contemporary mathematics (4th edition), by COMAP (Project Director Solomon Garfunkel). Pp. 884. £29.95. 1997. ISBN 0-7167-2841-9 (W. H. Freeman).

Interdisciplinary lively application projects (ILAPs), edited by David C. Arney. Pp.222. $27.50 ($22 MAA members). 1997. ISBN 0 88385 706 5 (The Mathematical Association of America).

Resources for teaching linear algebra, edited by David Carlson, Charles R. Johnson, David C. Lay, A. Duane Porter, Ann E. Watkins and William Watkins. Pp. 287. $34.95. 1997. ISBN 0-88385-150-4 (Mathematical Association of America).

Linear algebra, by Peter D. Lax. Pp. 250. £45. 1997. ISBN 0 471 111112 (John Wiley).

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