Letters to a Young Mathematician
Danny Says
I grabbed this book at Border’s the other day and read it from cover to cover before leaving the store. This is the way to get people interested in math. Stewart beautifully captivates the imagination with fictitious letters to his niece about why math matters. He gets you thinking about how math is in every basic item of our daily lives, even in the vegetables we eat. With a teacher like this, I may have pursued a degree in math, as Stewart does a superb job of showing math’s benefits (intellectually, professionally and financially).