h2g2: Earth Edition - Mathematics

We have some more wise words for you from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition - not only on how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big the subject of mathematics is, but about the questions that occupy Earthlings (or some of them, at least) when they ponder the mysteries of the universe. Who are the people who created this subject? Mathematics – that's just about numbers, isn't it? What can mathematics do for me? What is real and what is imaginary? These questions will be addressed by our authors, editors, and illustrators. In this volume, they'll tell you things you probably didn't know. They will also tell you things you never knew you even wanted to know. The Guide is like that.