The colour of numbers: visions of our mathematical universe
by Alex Bellos from on (#2MY8G)
A gallery of mathematical images from Visions of Numberland, the new colouring book by Edmund Harriss and me
One of the great perks of my job - writing about maths - is that I am always learning new maths. And I learned more in my latest book than probably in any other project I have been involved in.
This statement might sound odd, since Visions of Numberland is a colouring book. Yet the aim that my co-author Edmund Harriss and I shared was more than just to serve up pretty pictures. It was to curate a gallery of beautiful images that would introduce readers to deep mathematical ideas.
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