
An elegantly dramatized and illustrated dialog on the square root of two and the whole concept of irrational numbers.

Using no more than the most basic algebra and geometry, Flannery (Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland) manages to convey not only why irrational numbers are fascinating, but how the whole enterprise of mathematical thinking is imaginative, intriguing, and engaging. A startlingly...

An elegantly dramatized and illustrated dialog on the square root of two and the whole concept of irrational numbers.