Mathematical Vistas by Peter Hilton, Derek Holton and Jean Pedersen, Springer-Verlag, £49, ISBN 0387950648
The Essential John Nash edited by Harold Kuhn and Sylvia Nasar, Princeton University Press, £19.95, ISBN 0691095272
The Algorithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges and Corals by Jaap Kaandorp and Janet Kübler, Springer-Verlag, ¬49.95, ISBN 3540677003
ONCE proven, a mathematical idea remains unarguably true. If Leonhard Euler, one of history’s most prolific and gifted mathematicians, travelled forward in time from the 18th century to study mathematics today he would find much that’s familiar – and some elements named in his honour. This contrasts sharply with other…
