Budget of Paradoxes

Augustus De Morgan

ISBN 10: 1602068550 / ISBN 13: 9781602068551

Editore: Cosimo Okt 2007, 2007

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Neuware - 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).

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• Titolo: Budget of Paradoxes
• Editore: Cosimo Okt 2007
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1602068550
• ISBN 13: 9781602068551
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 240 L x 161 A x 47 P (millimetri) 240 millimetri di larghezza per 161 millimetri di altezza per 47 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1378 grammi

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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).