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16 Oct, 2008
griswold reviews Pickover's "Calculus and Pizza" (2003)
Having read Pickover's "Strange Brains and Genius" I found it interesting and informative, and so thought the "Calculus and Pizza" would most likely deliver as well...
I trusted his ability as a writer to deliver to the layman the interesting aspects of calculus--in short segments--and present enough context to simple examples to lend a glimpse to the reader of the indispensable uses of calculus before (!) all the standard rigor quells enthusiasm.
I have still half of the book to go, but i would say that he has done it so far, so i recommend this book to others, especially if they can "Buy it Now" on eBay for $1 like i did!
04 May, 2011
Kanji Pict*O*Graphix is like a flashlight in the dark, a great help!
I've been learning Japanese and have found this book to be very helpful in remembering the meaning of printed kanji. This particular book was never intended to teach brush-stroke order, nor are all of the pictograms claiming to rigidly follow the words' true origins--but don't despair, *those* books aren't hard to find.
This book's specialty is that it rarely fails to deliver a clever mental picture to affix an otherwise incomprehensible squiggle onto one's memory, almost like a template. Even though this language is based on logical representations, some can be tough to visualize or even recall without a little "hook"or trick. It reminds me of how much easier it is to remember the lyrics of songs if you can only start the process along by humming the first bars of the tune. These simple but memorable cues can make all the difference to the relative beginner.
(For example: If this page is still accompanied by a photo of the book's cover as it was while writing this review, then you might be able to see it shows a translation of the kanji for STOP. The graph of the police-officer directing traffic to brake for a pedestrian is clever, like many other hundreds in this book of 1000+. The true historical origins of that particular symbol were abstracted and changed over time to fit a squared shape; however, in actuality, it evolved from representations of the toes and bones of the foot since travel (and related ideas like "go, progress" etc.) often was then a more *personal* endeavor than today. Since many other additional kanji in the lexicon are built upon the use of that symbol's origin as *foot* it might be easy to see why some purists might not be wrong to recommend a more thorough history at some point. As an initial foray into the world of kanji, however, it can truly be a blessing to the Western visual-sense to have these hints and tricks bolstering our memory. I am impressed, and although I bought my copy in used-condition rather cheaply here at eBay, I would dare say that I might even be persuaded to have paid its full retail price for a replacement, if it ever were to come to that-- and that is something this used-book-hound rarely says, that's a promise!