Complex sentence: This book traces the history of how new results in mathematics have provided surprises to mathematicians through the ages, e.g. how 19th century mathematicians were surprised by the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry or how Godel's incompleteness theorem disappointed many logicians.
Split into simpler sentences: This book traces the history of how new results in mathematics have provided surprises to mathematicians through the ages. Examples include how 19th century mathematicians were surprised by the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry and how Godel's incompleteness theorem disappointed many logicians.