GAMMA: EXPLORING EULER'S CONSTANT

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It could be argued that the two most widely-used approaches to teaching mathematics, at school level and beyond, have themselves contributed to mathematical illiteracy. There is a promising third way, and this book shows us where to find it. The third way is to use a historical approach to mathematics, teaching the practical skills that students need, but in the context of the history of the time whenthese skills were first developed. Anyone who has the least inkling that mathematics is important, interesting, and beautiful will find the book inspiring and very enjoyable.This is an excellent book, mathematically as well as historically. It represents a significant contribution to the literature on mathematics and its history at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels.