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MITS\u003c\/i\u003e (The Celebrated Man in the Street), a special edition of which was circulated among American GIs during World War I. Whimsical drawings by her husband, Hugh Gray Lieber, illustrate \u003ci\u003eTake a Number\u003c\/i\u003e and many of her other books.\u003cbr\u003eDover (2017) republication of the edition originally published by The Jaques Cattell Press, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1946. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ewww.doverpublications.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49557387477265,"sku":"GOR013285568","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50159288713489,"sku":"CIN0486815587G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51695436202257,"sku":"CIN0486815587VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53406180311313,"sku":"NIN9780486815589","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0486815587.jpg?v=1750698302"},{"product_id":"infinity-book-lillian-lieber-9781589880368","title":"Infinity","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The interpolations tying mathematics into human life and thought are brilliantly clear.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Her presentation...is conversational and humorous, and should help to simplify some complex concepts.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfinity. It sounds simple...but is it? This elegant, accessible, and playful book artfully illuminates one of the most intriguing ideas in mathematics. Lillian Lieber presents an entertaining, yet thorough, explanation of the concept and cleverly connects mathematical reasoning to larger issues in society. \u003ci\u003eInfinity\u003c\/i\u003e includes a new foreword by Harvard professor Barry Mazur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Another excellent book for the lay reader of mathematics...In explaining [infinity], the author introduces the reader to a good many other mathematical terms and concepts that seem unintelligible in a formal text but are much less formidable when presented in the author's individual and very readable style.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Mrs. Lieber, in this text illustrated by her husband, Hugh Gray Lieber, has tackled the formidable task of explaining infinity in simple terms, in short line, short sentence technique popularized by her in \u003ci\u003eThe Education of T.C. 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