Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas.

Pickover's lively, provocative travel guide takes readers into the fascinating realm of mystic math, from perfectly strange numbers to fractured geometries and other curious nooks and crannies of ancient worlds and modern times.

To most outsiders, modern mathematics is unknown territory. Its borders are protected by dense thickets of technical terms its landscapes are a mass of indecipherable equations and incomprehensible concepts. Few realize that the world of modern mathematics is rich with vivid images and provocative ideas.