Book review of: R. D. Mauldin, The Scottish Book. Mathematics from the Scottish Café. With selected problems from the New Scottish Book. 2nd ed.

DOI10.1007/s00283-019-09931-6zbMath1433.00023OpenAlexW2972541957MaRDI QIDQ1985473

Sergei Tabachnikov

Publication date: 7 April 2020

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-019-09931-6

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problem books (00A07) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics (01A75) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) External book reviews (00A17)

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