...the great feature of the book is that anyone can read it without excessive head scratching...You'll find plenty here to keep you occupied, amused, and informed. Buy, dip in, wallow. -IAN STEWART, NEW SCIENTIST
...a delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination. -SCIENCE NEWS
...a fun and fascinating tour of numerical topics and concepts. It will have readers contemplating ideas they might never have thought were understandable or even possible. -WISCONSIN BOOKWATCH
This popularization of number theory looks like another classic. -LIBRARY JOURNAL