Testimonios: Stories of Latinx and Hispanic Mathematicians

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Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470466570
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Testimonios: Stories of Latinx and Hispanic Mathematicians by : Pamela E. Harris

Download or read book Testimonios: Stories of Latinx and Hispanic Mathematicians written by Pamela E. Harris and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testimonios brings together first-person narratives from the vibrant, diverse, and complex Latinx and Hispanic mathematical community. Starting with childhood and family, the authors recount their own individual stories, highlighting their upbringing, education, and career paths. Their particular stories, told in their own voices, from their own perspectives, give visibility to some of the experiences of Latinx/Hispanic mathematicians. Testimonios seeks to inspire the next generation of Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians by featuring the stories of people like them, holding a mirror up to our own community. It also aims to provide a window for mathematicians (and aspiring mathematicians) from all ethnicities, with the hope of inspiring a better understanding of the diversity of the mathematical community.

An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000259579
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM by : Elsa M. Gonzalez

Download or read book An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM written by Elsa M. Gonzalez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely volume challenges the ongoing underrepresentation of Latina women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and highlights resilience as a critical communal response to increasing their representation in degree programs and academic posts. An Asset-Based Approach to Advancing Latina Students in STEM documents the racialized and gendered experiences of Latinas studying and researching in STEM in US colleges, and centers resilience as a critical mechanism in combating deficit narratives. Adopting an asset-based approach, chapters illustrate how Latinas draw on their cultural background as a source of individual and communal strength, and indicate how this cultural wealth must be nurtured and used to inform leadership and policy to motivate, encourage, and support Latinas on the pathway to graduate degrees and successful STEM careers. By highlighting strategies to increase personal resilience and institutional retention of Latina women, the text offers key insights to bolstering diversity in STEM. This text will primarily appeal to academics, scholars, educators, and researchers in the fields of STEM education. It will also benefit those working in broader areas of higher education and multicultural education, as well as those interested in the advancement of minorities inside and outside of academia. Elsa M. Gonzalez is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Houston, USA. Frank Fernandez is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Mississippi, USA. Miranda Wilson earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Houston, USA.

Change Is Possible

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Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 9780821837481
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (374 download)

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Book Synopsis Change Is Possible by : Patricia C. Kenschaft

Download or read book Change Is Possible written by Patricia C. Kenschaft and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on dozens of interviews and extensive historical research, and spiced with interesting photographs, this entertaining book relates stories about mathematicians who have defied stereotypes. There are five chapters about women that provide insight into the nineteenth and the mid-twentieth century, the early 1970s, the early 1990s, and 2004. Activists in many fields will take heart at the progress made during that time. The author documents the rudimentary struggles to become professionals, being married without entirely giving up a career, organizing to eliminate flagrant discrimination, improving the daily treatment of women in the professional community, and the widespread efforts toward true equality. The stories of African Americans in mathematics include the efforts of Benjamin Banneker, an eighteenth century American who had three grandparents born in Africa. He helped design Washington, DC, and made the computations for almanacs that succeeded Benjamin Franklin's. There are stories about African American mathematicians who were students and faculty in late nineteenth century colleges and accounts of several efforts to integrate the mathematical community in the mid-twentieth century. These stories indicate that though some efforts were more successful than others, all of them were difficult. The book concludes with a happier chapter about five black mathematicians in the early twenty-first century. The book also includes five interviews with leading Latin American mathematicians, along with the results of a survey of Latino research mathematicians in the Southwest. The author is a skilled story-teller with good stories to tell. This book is a page-turner that all mathematicians--as well as others concerned with equality--should read. It is a work of great interest and an enjoyable read.

Telling to Live

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Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822383284
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Book Synopsis Telling to Live by : Latina Feminist Group,

Download or read book Telling to Live written by Latina Feminist Group, and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-18 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling to Live embodies the vision that compelled Latina feminists to engage their differences and find common ground. Its contributors reflect varied class, religious, ethnic, racial, linguistic, sexual, and national backgrounds. Yet in one way or another they are all professional producers of testimonios—or life stories—whether as poets, oral historians, literary scholars, ethnographers, or psychologists. Through coalitional politics, these women have forged feminist political stances about generating knowledge through experience. Reclaiming testimonio as a tool for understanding the complexities of Latina identity, they compare how each made the journey to become credentialed creative thinkers and writers. Telling to Live unleashes the clarifying power of sharing these stories. The complex and rich tapestry of narratives that comprises this book introduces us to an intergenerational group of Latina women who negotiate their place in U.S. society at the cusp of the twenty-first century. These are the stories of women who struggled to reach the echelons of higher education, often against great odds, and constructed relationships of sustenance and creativity along the way. The stories, poetry, memoirs, and reflections of this diverse group of Puerto Rican, Chicana, Native American, Mexican, Cuban, Dominican, Sephardic, mixed-heritage, and Central American women provide new perspectives on feminist theorizing, perspectives located in the borderlands of Latino cultures. This often heart wrenching, sometimes playful, yet always insightful collection will interest those who wish to understand the challenges U.S. society poses for women of complex cultural heritages who strive to carve out their own spaces in the ivory tower. Contributors. Luz del Alba Acevedo, Norma Alarcón, Celia Alvarez, Ruth Behar, Rina Benmayor, Norma E. Cantú, Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Gloria Holguín Cuádraz, Liza Fiol-Matta, Yvette Flores-Ortiz, Inés Hernández-Avila, Aurora Levins Morales, Clara Lomas, Iris Ofelia López, Mirtha N. Quintanales, Eliana Rivero, Caridad Souza, Patricia Zavella

Latinas Leading Schools

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Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1648023592
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Book Synopsis Latinas Leading Schools by : Melissa A Martinez

Download or read book Latinas Leading Schools written by Melissa A Martinez and published by IAP. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first scholarly book of its kind, this edited volume brings together educational leadership scholars and practitioners from across the country whose research focuses on the unique contributions and struggles that Latinas across the diaspora face while leading in schools and districts. The limited though growing scholarship on Latina administrators indicates their assets, particularly those rooted in their sociocultural, linguistic, and racial/ethnic backgrounds, their cultura, are undervalued in research and practice (Hernandez & Murakami, 2016; Martinez, Rivera, & Marquez, 2019; Mendez-Morse, 2000; Mendez-Morse, Murakami, Byrne-Jimenez, & Hernandez, 2015). At the same time, Latina administrators have reported challenges related to: isolation (Hernandez & Murakami, 2016), a lack of mentoring (Mendez-Morse, 2004), resistance from those who expect a more linear, hierarchical form of leadership (Gonzales, Ulloa, & Munoz, 2016), balancing varying professional and personal roles and aspirations (Murakami-Ramalho, 2008), as well as racism, sexism, and ageism (Bagula, 2016; Martinez, Marquez, Cantu, & Rocha, 2016). The impetus for this book is to acknowledge, explore, theorize, and expand our understanding of how Latinas’ success as school and district leaders is informed by such gifts, including their prioritizing of familia and communidad, relationship building, reciprocity, and advocacy, in the face of such challenges. Thus, this volume covers four topical areas: 1) Testimonies and reflections from the field/Testimonios y reflexiones del campo, 2) Leading in relationship, comadrismo, with and for community/Liderazgo en relación, comadrismo, con y para la omunidad, 3) School community leaders(hip)/Lider(azgo) escolar y comunitario 4) Learning from the experiences of others/Aprendiendo de las experiencias de otras.

Critical Race Counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136082581
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Book Synopsis Critical Race Counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline by : Tara J. Yosso

Download or read book Critical Race Counterstories along the Chicana/Chicano Educational Pipeline written by Tara J. Yosso and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicanas/os are part of the youngest, largest, and fastest growing racial/ethnic 'minority' population in the United States, yet at every schooling level, they suffer the lowest educational outcomes of any racial/ethnic group. Using a 'counterstorytelling' methodology, Tara Yosso debunks racialized myths that blame the victims for these unequal educational outcomes and redirects our focus toward historical patterns of institutional neglect. She artfully interweaves empirical data and theoretical arguments with engaging narratives that expose and analyse racism as it functions to limit access and opportunity for Chicana/o students. By humanising the need to transform our educational system, Yosso offers an accessible tool for teaching and learning about the problems and possibilities present along the Chicano/a educational pipeline.

Anarchism in Latin America

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Publisher : AK Press
ISBN 13 : 1849352836
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)

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Book Synopsis Anarchism in Latin America by : Ángel J. Cappelletti

Download or read book Anarchism in Latin America written by Ángel J. Cappelletti and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The available material in English discussing Latin American anarchism tends to be fragmentary, country-specific, or focused on single individuals. This new translation of Ángel Cappelletti's wide-ranging, country-by-country historical overview of anarchism's social and political achievements in fourteen Latin American nations is the first book-length regional history ever published in English. With a foreword by the translator. Ángel J. Cappelletti (1927–1995) was an Argentinian philosopher who taught at Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela. He is the author of over forty works primarily investigating philosophy and anarchism. Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University.

Canícula

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Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826318282
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (182 download)

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Book Synopsis Canícula by : Norma E. Cantú

Download or read book Canícula written by Norma E. Cantú and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fictionalized memoir of Laredo, Texas, canícula represents a time between childhood and a yet unknown adulthood.

Daughters Betrayed

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Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822338963
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (389 download)

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Book Synopsis Daughters Betrayed by : Josie Méndez-Negrete

Download or read book Daughters Betrayed written by Josie Méndez-Negrete and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexican American author Josie M&éndez-Negrete's memoir of how she and her siblings and mother survived years of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her father.

The Mathematical Education of Teachers

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Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 9780821828991
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (289 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mathematical Education of Teachers by : Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences

Download or read book The Mathematical Education of Teachers written by Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now is a time of great interest in mathematics education. Student performance, curriculum, and teacher education are the subjects of much scrutiny and debate. Studies on the mathematical knowledge of prospective and practicing U. S. teachers suggest ways to improve their mathematical educations. It is often assumed that because the topics covered in K-12 mathematics are so basic, they should be easy to teach. However, research in mathematics education has shown that to teach well,substantial mathematical understanding is necessary--even to teach whole-number arithmetic. Prospective teachers need a solid understanding of mathematics so that they can teach it as a coherent, reasoned activity and communicate its elegance and power. This volume gathers and reports current thinkingon curriculum and policy issues affecting the mathematical education of teachers. It considers two general themes: (1) the intellectual substance in school mathematics; and (2) the special nature of the mathematical knowledge needed for teaching. The underlying study was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The mathematical knowledge needed for teaching is quite different from that required by students pursuing other mathematics-related professions. Material here is gearedtoward stimulating efforts on individual campuses to improve programs for prospective teachers. This report contains general recommendations for all grades and extensive discussions of the specific mathematical knowledge required for teaching elementary, middle, and high-school grades, respectively.It is also designed to marshal efforts in the mathematical sciences community to back important national initiatives to improve mathematics education and to expand professional development opportunities. The book will be an important resource for mathematics faculty and other parties involved in the mathematical education of teachers. Information for our distributors: This series is published in cooperation with the Mathematical Association of America.

Latinos in Science, Math, and Professions

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Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438107862
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)

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Book Synopsis Latinos in Science, Math, and Professions by : David E. Newton

Download or read book Latinos in Science, Math, and Professions written by David E. Newton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides short biographies of more than 175 notable Hispanic American professionals in science, mathematics, medicine, and related fields.

Latinos Facing Racism

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317256956
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Book Synopsis Latinos Facing Racism by : Joe R. Feagin

Download or read book Latinos Facing Racism written by Joe R. Feagin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feagin and Cobas provide the first in-depth examination of the everyday racism faced by middle-class Latinos. Based on a national survey, we learn how a diverse group of talented Latinos Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, Cuban Americans, and others respond to and cope with the commonplace white racial framing and discriminatory practices. Drawing on extensive interviewing, the authors address the recurring discrimination of ordinary whites directed against Spanish speakers and individuals with presumed Latino phenotypes. These incidents occur in everyday encounters, such as when male and female Latinos travel or shop. The book also chronicles the mistreatment that Latinos face from immigration officials when they cross US borders and from the police when they are racially profiled outside Latino areas. Critical and conforming Latino responses to recurring white discrimination are also extensively examined, as well as the diverse Latino reactions to remedial programs like affirmative action and to the ideal of assimilation into the proverbial US melting pot. "

Practices and Policies

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Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis Practices and Policies by : Aris Winger

Download or read book Practices and Policies written by Aris Winger and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a natural follow up to "Asked and Answered: Dialogues On Advocating For Students of Color in Mathematics", this book centers the personal narratives and contributions of mathematicians who deeply believe in the power of their advocacy work to bring positive change to the culture and climate of the mathematical community. Moreover, continuing the important theme of 5% actionable change, the book centers over 300 tangible practices and policies to advocate for students of color in mathematics, compiled from participants in our professional development programming which answers the question "What can I do to advocate for students of color?" After engaging with the book the reader will be equipped with numerous concrete suggestions for advocating for students of color, ways in which they can continue this work in spite of challenges that may arise, and most importantly, the reader will have the opportunity to reimagine what it means for them personally to be an advocate for students of color. Featuring contributions from: Elizabeth A. Arnold, Karen Cangialosi, Catherine Cannizzo, Alvaro Carbonero, Stacey S. Cofield, Bryan Dewsbury, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Ricela Feliciano-Semidei, Padi Fuster, Brittany Gelb, Abbe Herzig, Kim Holman, David Jekel, Selvi Kara, Kim Klinger-Logan, Tim McEldowney, Amaury V. Miniño, Ralph Morrison, Nikhil Sahoo, Suzanne Sindi, Vesna Stojanoska, Vanessa Sun, Sarah Sword, Lola Thompson, Lee Trent, Julianne Vega, Andrés R. Vindas-Meléndez

Chicana Feminisms

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Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822331414
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (314 download)

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Book Synopsis Chicana Feminisms by : Gabriela F. Arredondo

Download or read book Chicana Feminisms written by Gabriela F. Arredondo and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-09 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAn anthology of original essays from Chicana feminists which explores the complexities of life experiences of the Chicanas, such as class, generation, sexual orientation, age, language use, etc./div

Issues in Latino Education

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315392259
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Book Synopsis Issues in Latino Education by : Mariella Espinoza-Herold

Download or read book Issues in Latino Education written by Mariella Espinoza-Herold and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Question 6: Do You Think It Is Important to Teach Latino and Mexican-American Studies? -- "This Question Is Immense"--Question 7: What Kinds of Things Should Be Taught? -- "It Does Not Make Any Difference What Ethnic Group the Teacher Belongs To"--Question 8: Who Should Teach Latino and Mexican-American Studies? Anglos? Latinos? Why? -- "Jumping Through a System of Hoops" -- Question 9: What Does "Education" Mean to You? What Should It Be? Should It Be Different From What It Is? -- "Finding Satisfaction with Your Place in Society" -- Question 10: What Does Success Mean to You? -- "The Availability of Choices" -- Question 11: What Do You Think Are the Most Important Things for a Latino Student to Achieve in Life? -- "They Can Be Their Own Worst Enemy" -- Question 12: What Obstacles Do Latino Students Face in Reaching Their Goals? -- Summary and Conclusions -- For Discussion -- References -- 8 Toward a Self-Definition of Success -- The Politics of Language -- Teacher-Student Interactions -- Mechanisms of Discipline -- School Classroom Instruction -- Interracial Conflict -- Issues of Resistance and Identity -- Summary of the Students' Findings -- Students' and Teachers' Findings -- Concluding Statements -- References -- 9 Conclusion: Students' Concerns and Recommendations for Educational Reform -- Administrative and School Climate Changes -- Students' Recommendations Regarding Discipline Procedures -- Systemic School Reforms -- Students' Recommendations Related to School Reforms -- Transformations in Teacher-Student Interactions -- Concluding Statements -- References -- Epilogue -- Postscript: What Does the 2016 Election Mean for Latinos in the U.S.? -- Appendix -- Glossary -- About the Authors -- Index

LatCrit

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Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479809306
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Book Synopsis LatCrit by : Francisco Valdes

Download or read book LatCrit written by Francisco Valdes and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book comprehensively but succinctly tells the story of LatCrit's emergence and sustainable presence as a scholarly and activist community within and beyond the US legal academy, finding its place alongside such other schools of critical legal knowledge as Feminist Legal Theory and Critical Race Theory that aim to combust social and legal transformative change"--

The Unity of Combinatorics

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Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470465094
Total Pages : 353 pages
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Book Synopsis The Unity of Combinatorics by : Ezra Brown

Download or read book The Unity of Combinatorics written by Ezra Brown and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combinatorics, or the art and science of counting, is a vibrant and active area of pure mathematical research with many applications. The Unity of Combinatorics succeeds in showing that the many facets of combinatorics are not merely isolated instances of clever tricks but that they have numerous connections and threads weaving them together to form a beautifully patterned tapestry of ideas. Topics include combinatorial designs, combinatorial games, matroids, difference sets, Fibonacci numbers, finite geometries, Pascal's triangle, Penrose tilings, error-correcting codes, and many others. Anyone with an interest in mathematics, professional or recreational, will be sure to find this book both enlightening and enjoyable. Few mathematicians have been as active in this area as Richard Guy, now in his eighth decade of mathematical productivity. Guy is the author of over 300 papers and twelve books in geometry, number theory, graph theory, and combinatorics. In addition to being a life-long number-theorist and combinatorialist, Guy's co-author, Ezra Brown, is a multi-award-winning expository writer. Together, Guy and Brown have produced a book that, in the spirit of the founding words of the Carus book series, is accessible “not only to mathematicians but to scientific workers and others with a modest mathematical background.”