Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture. A great, short read that gives you a very gentle introduction to the world of pure mathematics following the life of Un

Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture. A great, short read that gives you a very gentle introduction to the world of pure mathematics following the life of Uncle Petros, a mathematical prodigy who devoted his life to trying to solve Goldbach's Conjecture. Ironically, this is one of the main reasons I didn't study mathematics.