Mathematical Cranks (Spectrum)
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| Management number | 231710940 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $29.30 | Model Number | 231710940 | ||
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A 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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0883855070 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0883855072 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Mathematical Society |
| Dimensions | 6.18 x 0.76 x 9.28 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.19 pounds |
| Print length | 383 pages |
| Publication date | October 17, 1996 |
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