About the Author
Alfred S. Posamentier (River Vale, NJ) is the dean of the School of Education and professor of mathematics education at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY. He has published over fifty books in the area of mathematics and mathematics education, including The Pythagorean Theorem; Math Charmers; and (with Ingmar Lehmann) The Glorious Golden Ratio; Mathematical Amazements and Surprises; The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers; and Pi: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number.
Table of Contents
Beauty in numbers -- Some arithmetic marvels -- Problems with surprising solutions -- Algebraic entertainments -- Geometric wonders -- Mathematical paradoxes -- Counting and probability -- Mathematical potpourri.