Books Quote by John Pearson

“Fake Math owes its existence to a number of things and people who have inspired and assisted this book on its way into the…

— ryan fitzpatrick

“like literary fiction, mathematical imagination entertains pure possibilities.”

— Daniel Tammet

“Mathematics is not just a “numbers game,” it is a way of thinking.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.”

— Núria Añó

“No book is really a fixed object. Every reader reads a book differently, and each book works in a different way on each reader.”

— John Connolly

“Every book is a mystery. And if you read all the books ever written, it's like you've read one giant mystery. And no matter…

— Sherman Alexie

Agatha Christie's writing is incredibly skillful because her books are incredibly intellectually puzzling and challenging.

— Sophie Hannah

“The bookcase was filled with computer games, history books, and sci-fi novels in about equal proportions. Odd reading choices, maybe, but I just thought…

— Mike Mullin

“No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not equally worth reading at the age of 50.”

— Gladys Hunt

“Agnes Tattle was the only person he’d ever met who was strong enough to look life right in the eye and spit. It must…

— Martha Woodroof

“We're not doing maths again?' Harriet lamented. Lord Winstead looked at Anne with unconcealed curiosity. 'Mathematics? On Rotten Row?' 'We have been studying measurement,'…

— Julia Quinn

“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can take away from it.”

— James Bryce