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Reviews - The cult of Pythagoras: math and myths by Alberto A. Martinez. Pp. 264. $27.95 (hbk), 2012. ISBN 978-0-8229-4418-8 (University of Pittsburg Press).

Reviews - Iris Runge: A life at the crossroads of mathematics, science and industry, by Renate Tobies. Pp. 442. £99.00 (Hardback). 2012. ISBN: 978-3-0348-0229-1 (Birkhauser).

Reviews - The history of mathematics, a very short introduction, by Jacqueline Stedall. Pp. 123. £7.99. 2012. ISBN: 978-0-19-959968-4 (Oxford University Press).

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Reviews - The beauty of everyday mathematics, by Norbert Herrmann. Pp. 138. £17.99. 2012. ISBN 978-3-642-22103-3 (Springer).

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