Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!utegc!utai!ragde From: ragde@utai.UUCP Newsgroups: ut.theory Subject: for your amusement Message-ID: <4006@utai.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 10:45:55 EDT Article-I.D.: utai.4006 Posted: Fri Jul 24 10:45:55 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 12:06:35 EDT Reply-To: ragde@ai.UUCP (Prabhakar Ragde) Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 8 Summary: In this week's NOW magazine, there is a feature article on a play about Pythagorian ideas. The writer says of Pythagoras, "He did create the numbers one to ten, but that has a philosophical implication. From one point of view, ten is one plus nothing; looked at another way, it's one plus everything." Meanwhile, this month's Quality Paperback Club come-hither advertisement ("three books, three bucks") offers "The Only Math Book You'll Ever Need".