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Nonplussed!: Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas by Julian Havil
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Category: Science
Math - the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions - usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes - conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless demonstrably true: Conclusions that, for examp ...Show more
The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On by Julian Havil
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Category: Science | Series: Princeton Science Library
An entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteri ...Show more
The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count on by Julian Havil
$33.95 AUD
Category: Science
The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In The Irrationals, the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tel ...Show more
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