Book Review #2

Mathematics From The Birth of Numbers
Author: Jan Gullberg


1093 pages


In rudimentary terms, this book is the encyclopaedia for Mathematics, covering wide, boundless areas of Mathematics that the normal textbooks would never deem to explore. Ranging from primary concepts like Rules of Divisibility, to in-depth studies of Logarithmic Equations and Vigesimal Numeration, this book is filled to the brim with the information just about any mathematician quests to recover (like venturing into pi [π].)


In fact, it is like a 1093-page-long report on one huge topic: Mathematics. Utilising many pictures, diagrams and figures to lay the concepts of Math concepts, this book offers a wide repetoire of topics covered, or uncovered, by many other Math-related books I've chanced upon. A gift to every mathematician, this book is ideal for reference for project and research work. With all knowledge absorbed and kept in this book, it's definitely not possible to treat them as a book for recreational reading. Yet it's an excellent study resource.

Know of the birthdays of any mathematician? Look no further. This is the best you can give.