Frederick G. Conrad

explores the representation of our three dimensional world in the two dimensions of the printed page. From minor examples (such as the moulted toad skin as a two dimensional representation of the three dimensional toad!), he proceeds to the major examples of Galileo's description of sunspot activity - this leads through to 20th century compilations of sunspot data in more abstract form.
This is a book I had to read and go through in college. I thought it was a really good example of an informational book because that is all it is loaded with.
This book is meant for the college level and if you are taking a physics or math class. I enjoyed the book a lot and thought that students could easily get through it.… (altro)