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Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums
Havil, Julian, 1952-

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Author:	Havil, Julian, 1952-
Title:	Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil.
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
Physical Description:	xii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:	Includes index.
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.
Subject (LC):	Mathematics--Miscellanea.
Subject (LC):	Paradox--Mathematics.
Subject (LC):	Problem solving--Miscellanea.
ISBN:	9780691131313 (cloth)
ISBN:	0691131317 (cloth)

Catkey: 8253537

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