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PAUL HOFFMAN - Archimedes' Revenge

Title: Archimedes' Revenge
Description: Fawcett Colombine, 1997. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 285. Now anyone can understand what the mathematical geniuses are thinking.* How topologists figured out the way to turn a smokestack into a bowling ball - and why.* How game theorists discovered that to elect the candidate of your choice you must sometimes vote for his opponent.* How computer theorists intend to create a robot that will think for itself - and do all the housework.* How cryptographers have been laboring since 1822 to decipher a map that will lead to a buried treasure worth millions of dollars.Archimedes' Revenge takes the reader on a guided tour of the world of contemporary mathematics and makes its infinite marvels comprehensible, relevant, and fun."A breezy and lighthearted account of a number of topics in and around the periphery of mathematics. Mr. Hoffman approaches mathematics as a storyteller, and a good one." - The New York Times Book Review "From the Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780449000892. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Keywords: 9780449000892

Price: EUR 12.50 = appr. US$ 13.59 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2164785

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