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9780385242714: Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge

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This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is seemingly rendered irrelevant.

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William Poundstone studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of The Recursive Universe, about information theory and physics, and Labyrinths of Reason, an exploration of paradox in science. The author of such popular books as Big SecretsThe Ultimate, and Prisoner’s Dilemma, he has also written for EsquireHarper’s MagazineSPY, and other periodicals. Poundstone lives in Los Angeles.

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9780385242615: Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge

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ISBN 10:  0385242611 ISBN 13:  9780385242615
Casa editrice: Doubleday, 1988
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