Constance Reid, 92, who led a venturesome life of achievement, building heavy bombers during World War II and then writing popular and penetrating studies of mathematics and mathematicians, died Oct.

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Though there are plenty of popular books explaining the wonders of math and physics, new ones continue to appear. To avoid recycling the same ideas and examples, metaphors and stories, authors are ...