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Men of Mathematics

"Men of Mathematics" is a book that tells the stories of some of the smartest and most important men in the history of math. These men thought really hard about numbers, shapes, and patterns to help us understand how things work in the world.

Some of the men in the book are really famous, like Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Others might not be as well-known, but they all did something amazing with math.

One man, Archimedes, figured out how to find the volume of irregular shapes by using water. Another man, Euclid, wrote a book that explains all the rules of geometry, like how to find the area of a triangle.

But these men weren't just good at math, they also had really interesting lives. Some of them had to overcome really big challenges and obstacles to be able to study and do math. Some of them even had to fight for their ideas and beliefs.

So "Men of Mathematics" is a book that teaches us about these amazing men and how they used math to change the world.