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Impossible? [electronic resource] : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.Description: xii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781400829675 (electronic bk.)
  • 1400829674 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 510 22
LOC classification:
  • QA99 .H379 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
It's common knowledge -- Simpson's paradox -- The impossible problem -- Braess' paradox -- The power of complex numbers -- Bucking the odds -- Cantor's paradise -- Gamow-Stern elevators -- The toss of a coin -- Wild-card poker -- Two series -- Two card tricks -- The spin of a needle -- The best choice -- The power of powers -- Benford's law -- Goodstein sequences -- The Banach-Tarski paradox.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

It's common knowledge -- Simpson's paradox -- The impossible problem -- Braess' paradox -- The power of complex numbers -- Bucking the odds -- Cantor's paradise -- Gamow-Stern elevators -- The toss of a coin -- Wild-card poker -- Two series -- Two card tricks -- The spin of a needle -- The best choice -- The power of powers -- Benford's law -- Goodstein sequences -- The Banach-Tarski paradox.

Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

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