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Archimedes' Revenge: The Joys and Perils of Mathematics
Archimedes' Revenge The Joys and Perils of Mathematics
Author: Paul Hoffman
Now anyone can understand what the mathematical geniuses are thinking . . . .  — * How topologists figured out the way to turn a smokestack into a bowling ball -- and why. — * How game theorists discovered that to elect the candidate of your choice you must sometimes vote for his opponent. — * How computer theorists intend to create a robot th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393327755
ISBN-10: 0393327752
Publication Date: 5/1/1988
Pages: 300
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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