AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

The titles below relate in various ways to the 2014 theme.

Famous Puzzles of Great MathematiciansMiodrag S. Petkovic, University of Nis, Serbia

The author has done an admira-bly accurate and thorough job in presenting his material. … The problems are here, their histories

are here, the mathematics needed to solve them is here. The book would be the ideal graduation present for a mathematics major, an ideal prize for the winner of an integration contest, an ideal book to have lying around a mathematics department (if properly chained down, that is).

—Underwood Dudley, MAA Reviews

2009; 325 pages; Softcover; ISBN: 978-0-8218-4814-2; List US$36; AMS members US$28.80; Order code MBK/63

A View from the TopAnalysis, Combinatorics and Number Theory

Alex Iosevich, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

This book brings to life the con-nections among different areas of mathematics and illustrates how various subject areas flow from one another. It is designed

to help readers appreciate that mathematics should not be compartmentalized into distinct subjects. The work inspires interest in research mathematics by highlighting the process in which ideas evolve.

Student Mathematical Library, Volume 39; 2007; 136 pages; Softcover; ISBN: 978-0-8218-4397-0; List US$30; AMS members US$24; Order code STML/39

Those Fascinating NumbersJean-Marie De Koninck, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada

Translated by Jean-Marie De Koninck

Use of an engaging listing of positive integers as a springboard for exploring topics in classical number theory.

2009; 426 pages; Softcover; ISBN: 978-0-8218-4807-4; List US$49; AMS members US$39.20; Order code MBK/64

The Adventure of NumbersGilles Godefroy, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, Paris, France, and Directeur de Recherches at the C.N.R.S., Paris, France

[A] delightful panoramic story that traces the origin of the con-cept of number from pre-history

… down to modern times. … [I]nspirational reading about the unity and evolution of mathematical thought.

— Francis Fung, MAA Reviews

Mathematical World, Volume 21; 2004; 194 pages; Softcover; ISBN: 978-0-8218-3304-9; List US$32; AMS mem-bers US$25.60; Order code MAWRLD/21

The Shoelace BookA Mathematical Guide to the Best (and Worst) Ways to Lace Your Shoes

Burkard Polster, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

The analyses are elegant, simple, and should be accessible to a

reader with a basic understanding of calculus. The book has a formal mathematical layout, and is very readable. Beyond that, it must be mentioned that it is beautiful!

—Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society

Mathematical World, Volume 24; 2006; 125 pages; Softcover; ISBN: 978-0-8218-3933-1; List US$30; AMS mem-bers US$24; Order code MAWRLD/24

The Game’s Afoot! Game Theory in Myth and ParadoxAn entertaining account of noncooperative games, offering a lighthearted excursion into the world of strategic calculation.

Student Mathematical Library, Volume 5; 2000; 159 pages;

Softcover; ISBN: 978-0-8218-2121-3; List US$29; AMS mem-bers US$23.20; Order code STML/5

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The Game’sAfoot!Game Theory inMyth and Paradox

Alexander Mehlmann

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