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Spectrum Ser.: Mathematical Cranks by Underwood Dudley (1992, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherAmerican Mathematical Society

ISBN-100883855070

ISBN-139780883855072

eBay Product ID (ePID)619278

Product Key Features

Number of Pages372 Pages

Publication NameMathematical Cranks

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1992

SubjectGeneral

TypeTextbook

AuthorUnderwood Dudley

Subject AreaMathematics

SeriesSpectrum Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight19.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN92-064179

ReviewsDudley Underwood extracts insights from an astonishing variety of examples."" - Robert Matthews, New Scientist ""A delightful collection of true accounts of individuals who claim to have achieved the mathematically impossible ...It is hard to put down and provides topics for an unending series of interesting discussions. The organization and breadth of the book are impressive, supported by a helpful index and a list of resources that encourage further explorations. A classic."" - Choice, 'Dudley Underwood extracts insights from an astonishing variety of examples.'Robert Matthews, New Scientist, ‘A delightful collection of true accounts of individuals who claim to have achieved the mathematically impossible ... It is hard to put down and provides topics for an unending series of interesting discussions. The organization and breadth of the book are impressive, supported by a helpful index and a list of resources that encourage further explorations. A classic.’Choice, 'Dudley Underwood extracts insights from an astonishing variety of examples.' Robert Matthews, New Scientist, 'A delightful collection of true accounts of individuals who claim to have achieved the mathematically impossible ... It is hard to put down and provides topics for an unending series of interesting discussions. The organization and breadth of the book are impressive, supported by a helpful index and a list of resources that encourage further explorations. A classic.' Choice, ‘Dudley Underwood extracts insights from an astonishing variety of examples.’Robert Matthews, New Scientist

Dewey Edition20

Series Volume Number4

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal510.1

SynopsisA 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); 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. This is a truly unique book.

LC Classification NumberQA99 .D83 1992