Author: James Smith
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Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
A Nut to Crack for the readers of Professor De Morgan's "Budget of Paradoxes.".
Author: James Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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A Nut to Crack for the Readers of Professor de Morgan's "Budget of Paradoxes", by James Smith,...
Author: James Smith (membre du comité d'administration des docks de la Mersey.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 71
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Languages : en
Pages : 71
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A Budget of Paradoxes
Author: Augustus De Morgan
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1602063206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 809
Book Description
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).
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1602063206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 809
Book Description
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).
A Budget of Paradoxes
Author: Augustus De Morgan
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Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 508
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A Budget of Paradoxes
Author: Augustus De Morgan
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465544518
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465544518
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368160176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368160176
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.
Assurance Magazine and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries
Author: Institute of Actuaries (Great Britain)
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
List of members issued with v. 35-46 with separate paging.
Publisher:
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
List of members issued with v. 35-46 with separate paging.
Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 914
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Languages : en
Pages : 914
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