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A Budget of Paradoxes

Name: A Budget of Paradoxes
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Author: Augustus De Morgan
ISBN: 9781602063204

Augustus De Morgan

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808 sidor
2007

A Budget of Paradoxes, originally published in 1915, is mathematician Augustus De Morgan's most accessible and entertaining work. Well-known for his wit, De Morgan takes aim at those people he calls "paradoxers," which in modern terms would most closely resemble crackpots. Paradoxers, however, are not crazy, necessarily-rather, they hold views wildly outside the accepted sphere. If you believed the world was round when everyone else knew that it was flat, you would be a paradoxer.

In this book, De Morgan reviews a number of books from his own library written by such "crackpots" who claim to have solved a great many of the puzzles of mathematics and science, including squaring a circle, creating perpetual motion, and overcoming gravity. Each is thoroughly put in his place in ways both entertaining and informative to readers.

Skeptics, students of science, and anyone who likes pondering a puzzle will find this book a delightful read.

British mathematician AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN (1806-1871) invented the term mathematical induction. Among his many published works is Trigonometry and Double Algebra (1849).

Författare: Augustus De Morgan
Format: Pocket/Paperback
ISBN: 9781602063204
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 808
Utgivningsdatum: 2007-04-01
Förlag: Cosimo Classics