Subject: Re: [HM] Poetry and Mathematics
From: Don Cook (tdctdc@surfsouth.com)
Date: Mon Dec 20 1999 - 01:21:48 EST
Dear All:
An enjoyable set of mathematical tales from a Muslim point of view is
The Man Who Counted: a Collection of Mathematical Adventures by
Malba Tahan, translated by Leslie Clark and Alastair Read, W.W. Norton & Co.
1972, 1993 ISBN 0-393-30934-7 (paper), ISBN 0-393-03430-5 (cloth)
Malba Tahan 1895 - (I know that's 104 years, but that's how the title page
has it) is a Brazilian mathematician. The book also has a publication date,
perhaps fictional, of nineteenth day of the moon of Ramadan, 1321. Can
someone translate the date to the Gregorian calender for me?
Happy any holiday that you celebrate, Christmas, Chanuaka, Kwanza,
Ramadan, MM, etc
Peace, Don Cook
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