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Aging freak who fell in love with the history of science and now resides mostly in 16th century Nürnberg.

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Five of the best books about maths

“Since the Egyptian scribe Ahmes put pen to papyrus some time around 1550BC to explain how to calculate the slope of a pyramid, we’ve had over three millennia of maths literature. So within some level of statistical confidence: here are a subset of the best ever maths books.”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/20/five-of-the-best-books-about-maths

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My not so positive review of Boxer’s book
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2022/06/23/astrology-data-and-statistics/

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