Impossible? : Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums /

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In Nonplussed!, popular-math writer Julian Havil delighted readers with a mind-boggling array of implausible yet true mathematical paradoxes. Now Havil is back with Impossible?, another marvelous medley of the utterly confusing, profound, and unbelievable--and all of it mathematically irrefutable. W...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Havil, Julian, 1952-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Problem solving.
Mathematics.
MATHEMATICS > Applied.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
Resolution de probleme > Miscellanees.
Paradoxe > Mathematiques.
Mathematiques > Miscellanees.
Problem solving > Miscellanea.
Paradox > Mathematics.
Mathematics > Miscellanea.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In Nonplussed!, popular-math writer Julian Havil delighted readers with a mind-boggling array of implausible yet true mathematical paradoxes. Now Havil is back with Impossible?, another marvelous medley of the utterly confusing, profound, and unbelievable--and all of it mathematically irrefutable. Whenever Forty-second Street in New York is temporarily closed, traffic doesn't gridlock but flows more smoothly--why is that? Or consider that cities that build new roads can experience dramatic increases in traffic congestion--how is this possible? What does the game show Let's Make A Deal reveal a.
Description matérielle:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781400829675

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