"...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