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"An engaging study."
--Library Journal
"Martinez explains concepts like 'imaginary numbers' and 'velocity calculation' in a manner that makes them easy for even a non-math person to understand. . . . Discussions of complex mathematical concepts are where Martinez shines. . . . An unexpectedly engaging book on a subject often considered very dry. While the book will certainly be of interest to students and scholars of math, Martinez has situated the subject in broader themes of human nature in a way that will appeal to a much wider audience."
--Texas Books in Review
"Serves to set the record straight for two potential audiences. First, for those of us who consider ourselves knowledgeable about the history of mathematics, this book aims to shake us out of our naivety by forcing us to reexamine how we know what we know and how we should distinguish fact from the fiction that so often substitutes for a proper history of mathematics. Second for those who are not familiar with the history of mathematics, this book provides a compilation of historical examples that portrays mathematical knowledge as fluid, controversial, and ever evolving."
--Mathematics Teacher
"Mathematics is the last subject one would expect to be infested with mythology, but even mathematicians can fall for myths, particularly those concerning the history of their subject. In this delightful exposé, Alberto Martínez finally busts the many myths of math, and the results are both sobering and fascinating."
--John C. Stillwell, University of San Francisco
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