"First published in 1995 by Penguin Books U.K."--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Contents
The hidden world of triangles -- Numbers and patterns -- Mathematics as science -- The games of mathemetics -- Creating new mathematical games -- Perception and imagination -- Likeness and analogy -- Certainty, proof and illuminiation -- Mathematics in science: searching for the truth -- Mathematics in science: approximate models -- The enjoyment of mathematics -- A minature world and a long journey -- A mathematical adventure.