A well-conceived book based on the idea of Erdos that there are proofs in math so elegant they come from "the book." It is also well-executed such that a serious reader with time could fairly well work through many of the subjects. Alas, my seriousness well exceeded my available time and I was able only to take a rapid tour through the book viewing with envy the peaks one could climb given the will and a vacation.
A wonderful book to see how proofs are done, how they fall into various categories and how a simple elegant solution can evade thinkers for decades. I close the book with the question - where is "the book" and who wrote it?
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