The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Mathematics

David Wells

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ISBN 10: 0140236031 ISBN 13: 9780140236033

Published by Penguin Books September 1997, 1997

Language: English

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The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Mathematics

Publisher

Penguin Books September 1997

Publication Date

1997

Language

English

ISBN 10

0140236031

ISBN 13

9780140236033

Binding

Soft Cover

Condition

Very Good

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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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