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 The Moment of Proof - Donald C. Benson
 The Moment of Proof - Donald C. Benson ... elementary algebra, by presenting in a very accessible form some fundamental proofs, mostly having to do with number theory. The goal is to recreate for the lay reader a facsimile of the pleasure and excitement that mathematicians experience through creative mathematical work. This book should be of interest to readers of recreational mathematics and people who enjoy puzzles, games or logic.Newest Review: ... that still gives me a great kick, easily comparable to scoring that perfect goal at football. This book aims, very laudably, ... more ... to bring some of this pleasure to the uninitiated. Unfortunately the book doesn’t really deliver on the excitement and the pure intellectual pleasure of the subject. Instead it flits from topic to topic, piling on the theorems and the propositions without ever quite managing to stop and step back to enjoy it. Even a relatively simple proof, such as Pythagoras, can be used as a springboard to discuss the ideas of elegance, simplicity, notation and so on. Instead this book ends up reading like the dry maths text ...more |
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The Moment of Proof - Donald C. Benson: Proof of the pudding? (308 words)
by - written on 04/07/01 (Very useful, 17 readings)
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It’s difficult for non-mathematicians to appreciate the sheer joy of finding, or understanding, a mathematical proof. I’m not a mathematician, but I like the subject and studied engineering which is about 80% applied maths, so I’ve got a good idea of what it’s like, I think. Finding a particularly good algorithm in a computer program is the nearest I get to it nowadays, but that still gives me a great kick, easily comparable to scoring that perfect goal at football. This book aims, very laudably, to bring some of this pleasure to the uninitiated. Unfortunately the book doesn’t really deliver on the excitement and the pure ... Read the complete review
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