Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691218724ISBN-10:691218722UPC:9780691218724Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Recreations & GamesSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC8NX16V14
A comprehensive look at four of the most famous problems in mathematics
Tales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics. First posed by the ancient Greeks, these compass and straightedge problems--squaring the circle, trisecting an angle, doubling the cube, and inscribing...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691218724ISBN-10:691218722UPC:9780691218724Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & Philosophy, Recreations & GamesSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC8NX16V14
David S. Richeson is professor of mathematics and the John J. and Ann Curley Faculty Chair in the Liberal Arts at Dickinson College. He is the author of Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology (Princeton). Twitter @divbyzero
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