Mathematics With Love

" Some may open this book, see pages of formulae and decide to go no further. This would be a great pity - skipping over the mathematics does not detract from the enjoyment of the main story. This is a fitting tribute to a man to whom the world owes a great deal. " - Sir Patrick Moore, Times Higher Educational Supplement

" In place of poetry and roses, engineer Barnes Wallis wooed his lady-love with trigonometry and calculus - and won her heart. A charming and unique correspondence from the human side of mathematics. " - Ian Stewart, author of Math Hysteria and Flatterland

" What a lovely book, reminiscent of Nevile Shute' s novels. This mixture of maths and suppressed emotion is warm, touching, and rather improbable. Here we meet neither the lovable bumbling genius of Paul Brickhill' s book The Dam Busters and Michael Redgrave' s portrayal in the film, nor the stubborn and difficult man that Wallis could be at the drawing board, but a third man, a shy, loving teacher prepared to go to tremendous lengths for the girl he falls in love with. " - Adam Hart-Davis, author of What The Past Did For Us

" The surprise hit of the year so far! I approached this book with trepidation, but found it absolutely delightful. " - Brian Clegg, author of Infinity" This delightful book is. . . a story with many different attractions: the careful depiction of English life in the 1920s; the slowly developing romance between two contrasting but complementary people; the sweet naivete, to our ears, of their writing; and the quality of the mathematics teaching. It must be a unique courtship and one which deeply unites intellect and feeling" - New Humanist" One of the tenderest and most unlikely courtships imaginable. A heartwarming insight into the selfless and truly romantic way that relationships were forged between the wars. " - Daily Mail' A lovely, charming book, skilfully and unobtrusively narrated. ' - The Mathematical Gazette