Mathematical Elegance

The heart of mathematics is its elegance; the way it all fits together

Steven Goldberg

Acknowledgments Introduction This Is All You Have to Know Who Is Number One? 1 The Lay of the Land 2 Simple Does Not Mean Easy to Do 3 Gamesmanship 4 Safe Landings 5 Believe It or Not 6 Science, Math . . . and Baseball 7 The Case for Logic 8 A Short Math Miscellany and a Final Thought . . . Twenty-Five of the World's Greatest Brainteasers, Plus Two Index