![]() Then, about a month ago I got some incoming links from a variety of Flemish blogs. While I still like the idea and am considering the proposal, chances are low this book ever materializes : the blog-title says it all… What kind of puzzles should we promote for mathematical thinking to have a fighting chance to survive in the near future? The final part of the book would then be more optimistic. Needless to say, the subtitle already gives away my point of view. The book’s concept is simple : I would consider the mathematical puzzles creating an hype over the last three centuries : the 14-15 puzzle for the 19th century, Rubik’s cube for the 20th century and, of course, Sudoku for the present century.įor each puzzle, I would describe its origin, the mathematics involved and how it can be used to solve the puzzle and, finally, what the differing quality of these puzzles tells us about mathematics’ changing standing in society over the period. Its title is still unclear to me (though an idea might be “The disposable science”, better suggestions are of course wellcome) but I’ve fixed the subtitle as “Mathematics’ puzzling fall from grace”. ![]() Recently, I’ve been playing with the idea of writing a book for the general public. Okay, I brought this on myself hinting at the possibility in this post Below an up-till-now hidden post, written november last year, trying to explain the long blog-silence at neverendingbooks during october-november 2007…Ī couple of months ago a publisher approached me, out of the blue, to consider writing a book about mathematics for the general audience (in Dutch (?!)).
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