This is an amazing book which enlightened and enthused me about the Pythagorean theorem.

Pretty good. Liked the parts about infinity and sets. Very related to my job. Was never gripped though and I felt it meandered in parts, hence the 4.

Deep math thinking.
Rereading that paragraph again.
Renewed 5 times!
Check it out for yourself.

It's amazing book I have seen

Euclid in the Rainforest is a personal meditation on the nature of truth and how human's determine the veracity of any statement or idea. As a math professor, Mazur apparently has taught this book as a course on logic and plausible reasoning (but maybe not with as much of the memoirs style personal stories thrown in). His conclusions while not earth shattering are worth pondering. His main point seems to be that there are valid reasons for striving towards any formulation of the truth whether that is proving some conjecture about a mathematical object or considering the best course of action in life. While different endeavors and requiring different forms of reasoning with different degrees of certainty they are connected in that they are both human endeavors for explaining and predicting the world in which we live.

While some of the mathematics were beyond me, this book was well-written and enjoyable to read. The broad co concepts, like infinity and logic, were discussed coherently with interesting anecdotes.

I stopped reading after this passage: "It was Fredericka, who quietly came from behind to whip the dead octopus around me. I panicked but quickly realized that she was pulling me closer for a kiss on the lips. Her naked breasts pressed against my chest."

I'm not against naked lady dead-octopus-whipping, but I was looking forward to reading about math, and the math bits weren't really that coherent. And they had too many mistakes and misstatements.

Here's an unflattering review, which I agree with: https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews...

Fascinating look into the world of mathematical understanding and past theoretical discoveries

Overview:
Mathematics has a very long logical tradition, but it is far more than just logic. Within the logic, geometry, infinity, probability, and statistics, are found applications to real life, science, and the history of math itself. With a psychological undercurrent, the book teaches how decisions are made, how to think, how to reason, the role of perception and beliefs on thoughts and decisions.

Math demands precision, can be founded on imprecision. Math sometimes requires belief in answers devoid of experience and the senses. What can be done mathematically, cannot normally be done in reality. Making math not a perfect representative for reality. But the unrealistic concepts, which themselves are just logical extensions of practical concepts, facilitated in understanding concepts that do impact reality.

Additional differences between reality and math, is that while natural numbers are ordered, objects found in the real world are not ordered. No ordered sequence to be followed. Within things that go on for infinity, becoming is merely appearance. But we do not actually know much beyond the finite. What logic does is spot contradictions between premises and the conclusions. Logic can make statements invulnerable, but logic can also be devoid of meaning. Logic alone cannot persuade.

Caveats?
There are many mathematic puzzles in this book, which can cause the reader to slow down, in order to think about them more deeply. Slowing down can mean breaking the link with the narrative.

As this is primarily a book about math, having an interest and some background in math can help bring more understanding to the topics. Some parts can be difficult to understand, but the book does reveal the beauty in math.

Very interesting book. Though the subject matter is mathematics, it reads like a good story.

A fun and interesting read covering logic, infinity, and chance. Quite similar to GEB, though I felt the latter was a better read (albeit thrice the length!)

This guide tries to introduce you into Mathematics, with a capital M. Not how to operate, but how to understand the big philosophy questions in Maths.
Maybe it was me, but I find the book a bit irregular. At times, there are loads of wrangling with anecdotes, but without a clear path of what is being said. There are brilliant parts, where you really feel you are getting a new perspective. But in general, that wasn't the case for me, so I cannot recommend it.