Impossible? :: surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums /
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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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400829675 1400829674 1282157078 9781282157071 9786612157073 6612157070 |
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| physical | 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : illustrations |
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| spelling | Havil, Julian, 1952- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002162712 Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008. 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. 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. Print version record. English. Mathematics Miscellanea. Paradox Mathematics. Problem solving Miscellanea. Mathématiques Miscellanées. Paradoxe Mathématiques. Résolution de problème Miscellanées. MATHEMATICS Pre-Calculus. bisacsh MATHEMATICS Reference. bisacsh MATHEMATICS Essays. bisacsh MATHEMATICS Applied. bisacsh Mathematics fast Problem solving fast Trivia and miscellanea fast has work: Impossible? (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGJvCcCvyv7KVKYxkdtrmd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Havil, Julian, 1952- Impossible?. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008 9780691131313 0691131317 (DLC) 2007051792 (OCoLC)181142150 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=286596 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Havil, Julian, 1952- Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / 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. Mathematics Miscellanea. Paradox Mathematics. Problem solving Miscellanea. Mathématiques Miscellanées. Paradoxe Mathématiques. Résolution de problème Miscellanées. MATHEMATICS Pre-Calculus. bisacsh MATHEMATICS Reference. bisacsh MATHEMATICS Essays. bisacsh MATHEMATICS Applied. bisacsh Mathematics fast Problem solving fast |
| title | Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / |
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| title_full | Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil. |
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| topic | Mathematics Miscellanea. Paradox Mathematics. Problem solving Miscellanea. Mathématiques Miscellanées. Paradoxe Mathématiques. Résolution de problème Miscellanées. MATHEMATICS Pre-Calculus. bisacsh MATHEMATICS Reference. bisacsh MATHEMATICS Essays. bisacsh MATHEMATICS Applied. bisacsh Mathematics fast Problem solving fast |
| topic_facet | Mathematics Miscellanea. Paradox Mathematics. Problem solving Miscellanea. Mathématiques Miscellanées. Paradoxe Mathématiques. Résolution de problème Miscellanées. MATHEMATICS Pre-Calculus. MATHEMATICS Reference. MATHEMATICS Essays. MATHEMATICS Applied. Mathematics Problem solving Trivia and miscellanea |
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