[读书]Paul Hoffman/保罗·霍夫曼：《阿基米德的报复(Archimedes' Revenge)》

The subtitle of this book is "The Joys and Perils of Mathematics" (in English version), and yes that is true. This is a book about mathematics and its joy.

It discusses many real issues in mathematical ways, from some prime numbers, calculation of area or volume to an election of a country. It was the first time when I read it did I realize that democracy was not perfect: it was almost impossible to design a perfect democratic system to fulfill everybody's requirements, as there were internal conflicts in democracy.

The author: Paul Hoffman.