Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil.
Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil.
Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
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N510/261
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English
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Physical content
xii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
It's common knowledge -- Simpson's paradox -- The impossible problem -- Braess' paradox -- The power of complex numbers -- Bucking the odds -- Cantor's paradise -- Gamow-Stern elevators -- The toss of a coin -- Wild-card poker -- Two series -- Two card tricks -- The spin of a needle -- The best choi...
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c2008.
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"Havil ventures further than ever into territory where intuition can lead one astray. He gathers entertaining problems from probability and statistics along with an eclectic variety of conundrums and puzzlers from other areas of mathematics, including classics of abstract math like the Banach-Tarski paradox. These problems range in difficulty from...
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Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N510/261
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74VM8yljg2Pd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8yljg2Pd
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ISBN
0691131317 (alk. paper)
9780691131313 (alk. paper)
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510
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991000290659702626
