Mathematical Snapshots and a number of additional

and a number of additional problems have been added to this edition

Edgar Degas

his preference for the wood of certain trees in given years

Contents include Etude symphonique

and the other great civilizations that prefigured Greece and Rome

Mathematical Snapshots and a number of additionalWhat does a mathematician do? someone once asked the author, and from that simple inquiry sprang this entertaining and informative volume. Designed to explain and demonstrate mathematical phenomena through the use of photographs and diagrams, Dr. Steinhauss thought provoking exposition ranges from simple puzzles and games to more advanced problems in mathematics. For this revised and enlarged edition, the author added material on such wide ranging