<DIV>Opening another drawer in his Cabinet of Curiosities, renowned mathematics professor Ian Stewart presents a new medley of games, paradoxes, and riddles in <I>Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures</I>. With wit and aplomb, Stewart mingles casual puzzles with grander forays into ancient and modern mathematical thought.<P>Amongst a host of arcane and astonishing facts about every kind of number from irrational and imaginary to complex and cuneiform, we learn:<P>? How to organize chaos<BR>? How matter balances anti-matter<BR>? How to turn a sphere inside out (without creasing it)<BR>? How to calculate pi by observing the stars<BR>? ?and why you can't comb a hairy ball.<P>Along the way Stewart offers the reader tantalizing glimpses of the mathematics underlying life and the universe. Mind-stretching, enlightening, and endlessly amusing, <I>Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures</I> will stimulate, delight, and enthrall.</DIV>