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The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Mathematics

By David Wells

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books
Year
1997
ISBN
0140236031, 9780140236033
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17647416 bytes)
Edition
Revised Edition
Pages
336\340
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-06-25 12:31:28

Description

David Wells's intriguing anthology spans the centuries as he introduces a collection of choice eccentrics: people who looked for logical loopholes in the American Constitution, calmed their nerves with algebra or used sextants to measure the buttocks of Hottentot women. Along with Newton's views on chance and chaos, scenes from the life of Pythagoras and legal attempts to lay down the value of [pi], he presents maths in the Bible as well as maths and misogyny, madness and the military.

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