Nonplussed! Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas
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A bright, solid book. DJ is clean and crisp. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 196 pages; "Math--the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions--usually produces reasona...
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A bright, solid book. DJ is clean and crisp. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 196 pages; "Math--the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions--usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes--conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless demonstrably true. Did you know that a losing sports team can become a winning one by adding worse players than its opponents Or that the thirteenth of the month is more likely to be a Friday than any other day Or that cones can roll unaided uphill In Nonplussed!--a delightfully eclectic collection of paradoxes from many different areas of math--popular-math writer Julian Havil reveals the math that shows the truth of these and many other unbelievable ideas."
Product Info
ISBN: 0691148228
ISBN-13: 9780691148229
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2007
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
First Edition
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