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Author Havil, Julian, 1952-

Title Nonplussed! : mathematical proof of implausible ideas / Julian Havil.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2010.
2007.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  510 H388N    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note Originally published: 2007.
Includes index.
Contents Three tennis paradoxes -- The uphill roller -- The birthday paradox -- The spin of a table -- Derangements -- Conway's chequerboard army -- The toss of a needle -- Torricelli's trumpet -- Nontransitive effects -- A pursuit problem -- Parrondo's games -- Hyperdimensions -- Friday the 13th -- Fractran -- The motifs -- Appendix A: the inclusion-exclusion principle -- Appendix B: the binomial inversion formula -- Appendix C: surface area and arc length.
Subject Mathematics -- Miscellenea.
Mathematical recreations.
Paradox -- Mathematics.
ISBN 9780691148229 paperback
0691148228 paperback
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