Download or read book A Strange Wilderness written by Amir D. Aczel and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Archimedes' Eureka! moment to Alexander Grothendieck's seclusion in the Pyrenees, bestselling author Aczel selects the most compelling stories in the history of mathematics, creating a colorful narrative that explores the quirky personalities behind some of the most groundbreaking, enduring theorems.