Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1940 , with James R. Newman , Kasner co-wrote a non-technical book surveying the field of mathematics , called Mathematics and the Imagination ( ISBN 0-486-41703-4 ) .
Simplified: In 1940 , with James Roy Newman , Kasner made a book about math called Mathematics and the Imagination ISBN 0486417034 .