In this charming volume, a noted English mathematician uses humor and anecdote to illuminate the concepts of groups, sets, subsets, topology, Boolean algebra, a

Presents a humorous look at the concepts of "new math."

An in-depth overview of some of the most readily applicable essentials of modern mathematics, this concise volume is geared toward undergraduates of all backgro

An unusually thoughtful and well-constructed introduction to the serious study of mathematics, this book requires no background beyond high school courses in pl

Examinations of arithmetic, geometry, and theory of integers; rational and natural numbers; complete induction; limit and point of accumulation; remarkable curv