Nonplussed! : mathematical proof of implausible ideas
by
 
Havil, Julian, 1952-

Title
Nonplussed! : mathematical proof of implausible ideas

Author
Havil, Julian, 1952-

ISBN
9781400837380

Publication Information
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages)

Abstract
Math--the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions--usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes--conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless demonstrably true: Conclusions that, for example, tell us that a losing sports team can become a winning one by adding worse players than its opponents. Or that the thirteenth of the month is more likely to be a Friday than any other day. Or that cones can roll unaided uphill. In Nonplussed!--a delightfully eclectic collection of paradoxes fro.

Subject Term
Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
 
Mathematical recreations.
 
Paradox -- Mathematics.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7t03s


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