God Created the Integers; Hawking could have done better
I got Steven Hawking's God Created the Integers as a Christmas gift, and I was really looking forward to it. It is in fact a disappointment. This MAA review sums it all up. Also check out the Amazon reviews at the book link above; they're all spot on. What bugs me the most (from the MAA review):
Almost all the others are reproductions of material from various Dover publications, even when, as in the case of Newton, parts of Archimedes, and Laplace, there are better translations available.
Still, it's worth having, just to browse through.
Almost all the others are reproductions of material from various Dover publications, even when, as in the case of Newton, parts of Archimedes, and Laplace, there are better translations available.
Still, it's worth having, just to browse through.
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