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Dr Euler’s Fabulous Formula: Cures many mathematical ills

WHILE Paul Nahin is not the first to proclaim the power and beauty of mathematics, few have alluded to the 鈥渆rotic connection between mathematical insight and sexual orgasm鈥. A stretch too far, perhaps, but Nahin鈥檚 tale of the formula ei 蟺 + 1 = 0, which links five of the most important numbers in mathematics, is remarkable. With a plethora of historical and anecdotal material and a knack for linking events and facts, he gives the reader a strong sense of what drove mathematicians like Euler. But be warned: it contains thousands of equations and is a challenging read.

Dr Euler鈥檚 Fabulous Formula: Cures many mathematical ills

Paul J. Nahin

Princeton University Press