A Mathematician's Miscellany

CONTENTS ======== MATHEMATICS WITH MINIMUM RAW MATERIAL FROM THE MATHEMATICAL TRIPOS CROSS-PURPOSES, UNCONSCIOUS ASSUMPTIONS, HOWLERS, MISPRINTS, ETC. THE ZOO BALLISTICS THE DILEMMA OF PROBABILITY THEORY FROM FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM TO THE ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT A MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION REVIEW OF RAMANUJAN'S COLLECTED PAPERS THREE REVIEWS NEWTON AND THE ATTRACTION OF A SPHERE LARGE NUMBERS THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE THE ADAMS-AIRY AFFAIR 'LION AND MAN'