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by Bryan Bunch
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ISBN: 0486296644 Dover Publications Price: $9.95 |
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Stimulating, thought-provoking analysis of a number of the most interesting intellectual inconsistencies in mathematics, physics, and language. Delightful elucidations of methods for misunderstanding the real world of experiment (Aristotle's Circle paradox), being led astray by algebra (De Morgan's paradox), and other mind-benders. 1982 edition.
Table of Contents for Mathematical Fallacies and Paradoxes
| Preface | |||||||
| 1 Thinking Wrong about Easy Ideas | |||||||
| 2 Thinking Wrong about Infinity | |||||||
| 3 Using a Wrong Idea to Find Truth | |||||||
| 4 Speaking with Forked Tongue | |||||||
| 5 Paradoxes That Count | |||||||
| 6 The Limits of Thought? | |||||||
| 7 Misunderstanding Space and Time | |||||||
| 8 Moving against Infinity | |||||||
| Selected Further Reading | |||||||
| Index |