These pun-studded fables by a popular science writer make complicated mathematical concepts accessible and fun. Twelve essays take a playful approach to mathematics, investigating the topology of a warm blanket, the odds of beating a superior tennis player, and how to distinguish between fact and fallacy. 1991 edition.
| ISBN: | 9780486458847 |
| Publication date: | 27th July 2007 |
| Author: | Ian Stewart |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 191 pages |
| Series: | Dover Classics of Science and Mathematics |
| Genres: |
Mathematical logic |