Especially surprising for a Math text copyrighted in 1961. This book gives a good, fairly thorough look at the properties of rational and (particularly) irrational numbers in a fairly concise manner, with a minimum of heavy-handed reliance on complex equations and a maximum of actual verbal explanation. (It also explains where the terms "rational" and "irrational" come from, something that few math teachers bother to explain -- "rational" simply means "can be expressed as a ratio".)
I am using this book as a reference for self-study. My focus is on learning to write mathematical proofs. I started by browsing the table of contents, then proceeded to Chapter 7, The Existence of Transcendental Numbers. I am reading this chapter with a pencil with a big eraser and removable adhesive page marker tabs in hand.
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