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Bertrand Russell had written that mathematics can exalt "as surely as poetry". This is especially true of one formula: ei(pi) + 1 = 0, the brainchild of Leonhard Euler, the Mozart of mathematics. More than two decades after Euler's fatality, it is still seen as a conceptual precious stone of unparalleled beauty. Called Euler's personality, or God's formula, it includes just five amounts but signifies an amazing revelation of invisible cable connections. It ties together from basic arithmetic to compound interest, the circumference of an circle, trigonometry, calculus, and even infinity. In David Stipp's hands, Euler's personality becomes a contemplative stroll through the glories of mathematics. The effect can be an ode to this magical field.