1089 and All That

by David Acheson

[batsysk]

It's a short book about some interesting principles in mathematics.

I somewhat enjoyed reading it but most of the stuff is generally known(or even learned at schools) so sometimes it was boring.
Some parts are autobiographical with stories from the author and he even wanted to make the book full circle where he started with one problem and ended with using the same problem and giving it addition. That was nice.
I also appreciate the writing of the book when it was easy to understand and the chapters are short enough to read one at a time(there are many pictures).
Overall it was nice "toilet reading" but it was not that informational.