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

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

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