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A lively, accessible history of mathematics throughout the ages and across the globe
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A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence
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The defintive guide to mathemathical problem solving from one of the great teachers of the twentieth century
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