I got this for a Christmas present – retired math teacher and all – and it turned out to be quite enlightening.  These types of books tend to run more along the “Hey did you know that a lot of important math discoveries were made by – wait for it – women and non-European white males?  That includes the lady with the best nickname ever, the Witch of Agnesi, based on a botched translation.  My theory is that these ladies came up with these amazing […]