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From: ptodd@tekchips.UUCP (Philip Todd)
Newsgroups: net.math
Subject: Re: Funniest math book
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 13:03:23 EST
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> In article <470@utastro.UUCP> bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) writes:
> >I share Matthew Wiener's enthusiasm for Acton, but would disagree on
> >his choice of "funniest math book".  My nomination would be _Mathematics
> >Made Difficult_, by Carl E. Linderholm. The title says it all. I don't
> >know if it is still in print.
> 
> I forgot about Linderholm completely!  My copy was stolen years ago.
> 
> Another funny math book is Joseph Diestel _Sequences and Series in Banach
> Spaces_.  Incidentally, it's the first book I've seen that makes abstract
> Banach space theory seem exciting and relevant.

Yet another funny maths book is Cassels' book with a title similar to "Economics for Mathematicians".  Cassels is better known as a number theorist and brings a light touch to mathematical economics. Unfortunately my copy of this book 
belongs to the library, so I have no quotes.