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090 $aQA99$b.H379 2008
100 1 $aHavil, Julian,$d1952-
245 10 $aImpossible? :$bsurprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums /$cJulian Havil.
246 30 $aSurprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2008.
300 $a1 online resource (xii, 235 p.) :$bill.
588 $aDescription based on print version record.
505 0 $aIt'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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aMathematics$vMiscellanea.
650 0 $aParadox$xMathematics.
650 0 $aProblem solving$xMiscellanea.
988 $a20120418
906 $0OCLC