The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Mathematics
D.G. Wells
ISBN 10: 0140236031 ISBN 13: 9780140236033
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd, 1997
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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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 909751
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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.
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Titel: The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting ...
Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good