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Author Havil, Julian, 1952-

Title Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2008]
©2008
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1102726~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  510 HAV    AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 choice -- The power of powers -- Benford's law -- Goodstein sequences -- The Banach-Tarski paradox -- The motifs.
Subject Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
Paradox -- Mathematics.
Problem solving -- Miscellanea.
ISBN 9780691131313 (alk. paper)
0691131317 (alk. paper)
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