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a classic book for young mathematicians

Mathematical Snapshots is a wonderful excursion into the mind of a mathematician. It answers a question that was asked of the author "You claim to be a mathematician; well, what does one do all day when one is a mathematician?" This book explores games, the computation of shortest paths, why two soap bubbles blown from the same pipe are different sizes, how to pursue another boat on the open water, how to color maps, the simplest forms of solid objects, mobius strips, where to locate schools, the ideal musical scale, and many, many others. Each topic is presented in a short, concise paragraph along with a diagram or picture of explanation. The author asks the reader to supply answers and reasoning. It is readily readable by those with mathematical inclination (even if they can no longer `push' the numbers) and provides hours of enjoyment and expansion of the mind.

For better or worse, this is exactly what it claims to be - snapshots of various concepts and tricks in mathematics. The ideal reader will be supplying proofs for each quick sentence, I didn't quite live up to this. The very definition of an active, rather than passive, read.

It's good that we still can buy this book. Hugo Steinhaus was a great mathematician and it's still a nice time to follow his ideas.

I am very old and finding it difficult to concentrate, and follow it. I have chosen not to read it.

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