A truly passionate and exciting book, focusing on a wide variety of<br><br>math concepts. In this book, Cliff Pickover gives you everything your<br><br>math teachers somehow forgot to reveal to you -- exotic and beautiful<br><br>insights and math curiosities you can hardly imagine. The book is<br><br>lively, with an inviting visual format. Here you'll read about unusual,<br><br>outstanding mathematicians, about Jesus and multiplication, Fibonacci<br><br>snakes, the number 10 and the Jews, rare sums, mathematics and romance,<br><br>mathematics of toilet paper, how to create kissing circles, about the<br><br>mystery of infinity, mathematics and beauty, and more...<br><br>Cliff Pickover reveals hidden mysteries of the mathematical world,<br><br>expands your mind and shows you how mathematics can make your everyday<br><br>life exciting and colorful. He does this in a fun, relaxing, playful,<br><br>and extremely pleasing way. After reading "A Passion for Mathematics,"<br><br>you'll keep it close to your bedside, discuss it with your friends, and<br><br>what's most important -- you'll never be scared of mathematics<br><br>anymore.<br><br>And finally you'll get the answer to the question that bothered you for<br><br>years: why on Earth do we have to learn mathematics?<br><br>An amazing math book, which brings a smile on your face and enriches<br><br>your life.