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Mathematical Cranks Spectrum
by [Dudley, Underwood]
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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); 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.
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- American Mathematical Soc Brand
- Oct 17, 1996 Pub Date:
- 9780883855072 ISBN-13:
- 0883855070 ISBN-10:
- 383.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 9.28 in * 0.76 in * 6.18 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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