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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Havil, Julian, 1952-     Subjects     Mathematics -- Miscellanea.     Paradox -- Mathematics.     Problem solving -- Miscellanea.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Havil, Julian, 1952-       by title:      Impossible? : surpri...         MARC Display

Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums / Julian Havil. by Havil, Julian, 1952- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008. Subjects Mathematics -- Miscellanea.   Paradox -- Mathematics.   Problem solving -- Miscellanea. ISBN:  9780691131313 (alk. paper) : 0691131317 (alk. paper) : Description:  xii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Contents:  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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 510 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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