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Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Anyone au fait with any of mr wells other works will know them to be of the pop maths book style, mr wells being one of the great expositors of this gendre, bringing deep concepts and a full knowledge of his topic to a wide audience, always with a great sense of humour and fun. The book contains a wealth of material of mathematical interest. This publisher has an excellent reputation for their wide range of mathematics books.
Since my childhood, ive been passionate about fantasy. Click here if you prefer a categorized directory of mathematics books. Wells entered the royal australian navys college at the flinders naval depot in january 1933, aged 14. Games and mathematics by david wells cambridge university press.
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