The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Mathematics
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0140236031
ISBN 13
9780140236033
Category
PB: Mathematics
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
Pages
336
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Description
David Wells's intriguing anthology spans the centuries as he introduces a collection of choice eccentrics: people who looked for logical loopholes in the American Constitution, calmed their nerves with algebra or used sextants to measure the buttocks of Hottentot women. Along with Newton's views on chance and chaos, scenes from the life of Pythagoras and legal attempts to lay down the value of [pi], he presents maths in the Bible as well as maths and misogyny, madness and the military. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
2
