Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

Autori

• Ian Stewart

Parametri

• Giochi
• Manuali e guide
• Matematica
• Saggistica
• Scienza

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What's maths got to do with it? Delve into this curios cabinet to find out for yourself:- How to slice through your fingers without cutting them off- How to deduce without looking whether the rabbit under the hat is black or white- Why the M25 is shorter anti-clockwise than clockwise and by how much- Why minus times minus equals plus- And how to extract that cherry from a cocktail glass (harder than you think!)Forget sudoku. For keeping your brain limber, nothing can compete with Professor Stewart's tasty assortment of numerical nibbles.

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2009

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