Mathematical Five Minutes

The book is a translation of a widely known foreign paper reader for mathematical leisure. Her author is a professor of mathematics of the University of Berlin, a brilliant popularizer of science. The book was based on more than 100 essays that E. Berends published in his heading in the Divelta newspaper. The third Russian publication is a translation of the 3rd German edition, which corrected the observed typos.
The book is written by a living and accessible language, complex mathematical facts are set out under an unexpected angle of view, while their scientific component is not violated. There are numerous historical facts. The book is richly illustrated. The author raised his aim to extract the reader that mathematics is not a dry and tedious object, but on the contrary, she is full of charm and deserve admiration