Mathematical Cranks
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1996
Mathematical Association of America (Verlag)
978-0-88385-507-2 (ISBN)
Mathematical Association of America (Verlag)
978-0-88385-507-2 (ISBN)
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A delightful collection of articles about people who claim they have achieved the mathematically impossible (squaring the circle, duplicating the cube); people who think they have done something they have not (proving Fermat's Last Theorem) and people with very eccentric views (thinking that second-order differential equations will solve all problems of economics, politics and philosophy).
A delightful collection of articles about people who claim they have achieved the mathematically impossible (squaring the circle, duplicating the cube); people who think they have done something they have not (proving Fermat's Last Theorem); people who pray in matrices; people who find the American Revolution ruled by the number 57; people who have in common eccentric mathematical views, some mild (thinking we should count by 12s instead of 10s), some bizarre (thinking that second-order differential equations will solve all problems of economics, politics and philosophy). This is a truly unique book. It is written with wit and style and is a part of folk mathematics.
A delightful collection of articles about people who claim they have achieved the mathematically impossible (squaring the circle, duplicating the cube); people who think they have done something they have not (proving Fermat's Last Theorem); people who pray in matrices; people who find the American Revolution ruled by the number 57; people who have in common eccentric mathematical views, some mild (thinking we should count by 12s instead of 10s), some bizarre (thinking that second-order differential equations will solve all problems of economics, politics and philosophy). This is a truly unique book. It is written with wit and style and is a part of folk mathematics.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.10.1996 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Spectrum |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Washington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-88385-507-0 / 0883855070 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-88385-507-2 / 9780883855072 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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