Why read Do Not Erase?

Book cover of Do Not Erase: Mathematicians and Their Chalkboards

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A photographic exploration of mathematicians' chalkboards

"A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns," wrote the British mathematician G. H. Hardy. In Do Not Erase, photographer Jessica Wynne presents remarkable examples of this idea through images of mathematicians' chalkboards. While other fields have replaced chalkboards with…

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1 author picked Do Not Erase as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Gilbert Strang

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The mathematics in this new book is purely visual – it is there on the board to think about. Questions are waiting patiently for new approaches. This book has photographs of chalk on blackboards all over the mathematical world. Many a cartoon shows a blinding mess of formulas and a goofy author – but these blackboards are the real thing.

From Gilbert's list on The best books about mathematicians and their lives.