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"Running Numbers": A review of The Universe and the Teacup, by K. C. Cole. Reviewed by Robert March. Boston Globe, 25 January 1998, page F1

The book reviewed here, The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty, is by K. C. Cole, a respected science reporter at the Los Angeles Times. The book touches on a wide variety of mathematical topics, including exponential growth, quantum theory, and the work of history's most famous woman mathematician, Emmy Noether.

--- Allyn Jackson

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