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Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever by Hal Hellman

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3.0

I had high expectations for this one. As a student of Mathematics I couldn't wait to read about the conflict between Newton and Leibniz or fallibilists versus constructivists etc. I was a bit disappointed, though. Some of the fueds discussed here are about purely mathematical ideas but some others are totally personal. I'm not saying that the latter is not interesting but I get the feeling this work is a bit unbalanced. It can also be a little tricky for those who are not associated with the exact siences at all.
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