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Portraits of 92 living mathematicians, with autobiographical comments.
What number which being increased by 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 of itself, the sum shall be 75?
A farmer sold a team of horses for $440, but did not receive his pay for them until 1 yr, 8 mo after the sale. He had at the same time another offer of$410 for them. Did he gain or lose by the sale and by how much, money being worth 6%/yr?
Three persons bought a sugar loaf in the form of a perfect cone 25"" high and agreed to divide it...what was the slant height of each one's share?
A collection of the Kenneth May lectures in the history of mathematics given at meetings of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics.
A song for Pi Day.
This book is a collection of mathematical ideas organized around the themes of infinity and the illumination of the nature of mathematical thought.

The author constructs a possible mathematical path from the ancient Babylonians to Pythagoras, Euclid, and the ancient Greeks.

In order to encourage his son in the study of arithmetic, a father agrees to pay him 8 pennies for every problem solved correctly and to charge him 5 pennies for each incorrect solution.
A book connecting mathematics to mysticism, but not recommended.