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L.A. MATH

James D. Stein

Romance, Crime, and Mathematics in the City of Angels

Move over, Sherlock and Watsonthe detective duo to be reckoned with. In the entertaining short-story collection L.A. MATH, freelance investigator Freddy Carmichael and his sidekick, Pete Lennox, show how math smarts can crack even the most perplexing cases. Freddy meets colorful personalities throughout Los Angeles and encounters mysterious circumstances from embezzlement and robbery to murder. In each story, Freddy's deductive instinctsand Pete's trusty math skillssolve the crime.

Filled with intriguing stories, L.A. Math is a treat for lovers of romance, crime, or mathematics.

James D. Stein is emeritus professor in the Department of Mathematics at California State University, Long Beach.

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Book Published 2016-02-01 by Princeton University Press

Comments

I've always wanted to find a book that combines genuinely readable short stories with insights into math or science--in L.A. Math, James Stein pulls this off remarkably well. It's as if Ellery Queen, with the help of P. G. Wodehouse, spiced up a collection of detective tales with a generous handful of practical mathematics. -- Brian Clegg, author of A Brief History of Infinity and Dice World

With L.A. Math, James Stein has written a fun collection of short stories whose mysteries are resolved through classical mathematical conundrums. A unique book that is suitably entertaining both in and out of the classroom. -- Arthur Benjamin, author of The Magic of Math