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Title: Excursions in Number Theory by C. Stanley Ogilvy, John T. Anderson ISBN: 0195000455 Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (T) Pub. Date: January, 1900 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic Journey
Comment: This is a reprint of one of the books that most inspired
my interest in mathematics as a boy. I highly recommend
it to any high school student interested in mathematics
or perhaps as a gift that might stimulate interest.
It is very short and very readable. I also recommend
the bokk "Excursions in Geometry" by Ogilvy.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Wonderful Trip
Comment: Unlike other Dover books, this text does not require an extensive background in math and fluency in the language of proofs. It is, as the title suggests, a delightful excursion through number theory that will ignite your interest in the subject and move you to further study.
I found the author's annotations helpful and I did not mind the occasional use of British vernacular. At many points in the text, Ogilvy & Anderson prompt the reader to pursue a question on their own, rather than walk through a full proof or explanation. This may seem abrupt, but it keeps the text focused and leaves the reader wanting to know more about number theory.
I hope Dover continues to reach out to a general audience with books like this. It condenses a difficult subject into everyday language without condescending to the reader.
Rating: 3
Summary: O.K.
Comment: This is one of the Dover Math Series which is 'flawed'. Some of this series are really nice while others are, as this one, abrupt, written [generally by Englishmen] using words not common to a U.S. vocabulary.
This book was originally published in 1966 by the Oxford Press. Brit maths notation is just 'off' enough if, as me, you are not 'into' it proofs are spoilt until the uncommon words are deciphered.
Maybe you recall in Alice in Wonderland the poem '... little Bat / how I wonder where your at'.--- 'Bat' was a math prof at Oxford whose lectures and proofs were unaccustomed. Its not the maths which is Batty here but the nomenclature, the notation and the abruptness.
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Title: Excursions in Geometry by C. Stanley Ogilvy ISBN: 0486265307 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: An Adventurer's Guide to Number Theory by Richard Friedberg ISBN: 0486281337 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Elementary Theory of Numbers by William J. LeVeque ISBN: 0486663485 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: August, 1990 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Higher Arithmetic : An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers by H. Davenport ISBN: 0521634466 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Number Theory by George E. Andrews ISBN: 0486682528 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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