One, Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics

TheacclaimedauthorofATouroftheCalculusandTheInfiniteAscentoffersanenlighteningandenthrallingtourofthebasicsofmathematics,andrevealsaworldoffascinationinfundamentalmathematicalideas.One,Two,ThreeisDavidBerlinski’scaptivatingexplorationofthefoundationofmathematics,itsfundamentalideas,andwhytheymatter.Byunravelingthecomplexanswerstothesemostelementaryquestions—Whatisanumber?Howdoaddition,subtraction,andotherfunctionsactuallywork?Whataregeometryandlogic?—Berlinskirevealstheintricacybehindtheirseeminglysimpleexteriors.Pepperedwithenlighteninghistoricalanecdotesandasidesonsomeofhistory’smostfascinatingmathematicians,One,Two,Three,revelsinthebeautyofnumbersasBerlinskishowsushowandwhytheseoftenslipperyconceptsareasessentialtothefieldofmathematicsastowhoweare.,