Pizza and poker hands, ice cream and “immortal” rabbits—these items aren’t typically to be found in math books, but Benjamin (The Secrets of Mental Math), professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd ...

Before he ever took a formal algebra class, Arthur Benjamin got a lesson he never forgot. The future mathematician's father said, “Son, doing algebra is just like arithmetic, except you substitute ...

I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World ...