| Mathematical Cranks Contributor(s): Dudley, Underwood (Author) |
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ISBN: 0883855070 ISBN-13: 9780883855072 Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA) OUR PRICE: $40.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics |
| Dewey: 510 |
| LCCN: 92064179 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.18" W x 9.28" (1.20 lbs) 383 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |