Anyone who gambles, plays cards, loves puzzles, or simply seeks an intellectual challenge will love this amusing and thought-provoking book. With wit and clarity, the authors deftly progress from simple arithmetic to calculus and non-Euclidean geometry. "Charming and exciting." - Saturday Review of Literature. Includes 169 figures.
| ISBN: | 9780486417035 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 2003 |
| Author: | Edward Kasner, James R Newman |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 380 pages |
| Series: | Dover Books on Mathematics |
| Genres: |
Science: general issues |