Mrs. Clemens teaches Math in our High School.

Some of her favorite books:

  • The Man Who Counted, a collection of mathematical adventures by Malba Tahan.

    A series of short stories, each one is centered on a classic mathematical problem.

  • Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions, by Edwin A. Abbott

    freely available on the web at http://www.geom.umn.edu/~banchoff/Flatland/ ,as well as other sites

    Hysterical Victorian satire on the gender wars with great visualizations of dimensions from 0 to 4.

  • Factoring Humanity by Robert Sawyer and anything else by him.

    A Canadian science fiction writer who incorporates a fair amount of mathematical ideas in his works while addressing "great" philosophical ideas.

  • The Sparrow, and its sequel, Children of God by Mary Doria Russell

    Another superb science fiction book(s). Contact with another species is the vehicle for exploring long-standing human issues.

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