Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Johnny Ball's six favorite books

Johnny Ball is an English television personality and a popularizer of mathematics. His books include Wonders Beyond Numbers: A Brief History of All Things Mathematical.

One of Ball's six favorite books, as shared at the Daily Express:
THE INVENTION OF NATURE by Andrea Wulf

This won the Royal Society science book of the year award and it’s the story of Alexander von Humboldt.

Darwin did his voyage with The Beagle because Humboldt had done it.

It was Humboldt who discovered plants grow at different levels on mountains.

It’s the true story of how nature was opened up.
Read about another book on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue