The mathematical coloring book

Alexander Soifer

I have never encountered a book of this kind. The best description of it I can give is that it is a mystery novel… I found it hard to stop reading before I finished (in two days) the whole text. Soifer engages the reader's attention not only mathematically, but emotionally and esthetically. May you enjoy the book as much as I did! –Branko Grünbaum University of Washington You are doing great service to the community by taking care of the past, so the things are better understood in the future. –Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Rochester Institute of Technology They [Van der Waerden’s sections] meet the highest standards of historical scholarship. –Charles C. Gillispie, Princeton University You have dug up a great deal of information – my compliments! –Dirk van Dalen, Utrecht University I have just finished reading your (second) article "in search of van der Waerden". It is a masterpiece, I...