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Impossible?
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 18.95In Nonplussed! , popular-math writer Julian Havil delighted readers with a mind-boggling array of implausible yet true mathematical paradoxes. Now Havil is back with Impossible? , another marvelous medley of the utterly confusing, profound, and unbelievable--and all of it mathematically irrefutable. Whenever Forty-second Street in New York is... more...
Nonplussed!
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 16.95Math--the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions--usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes--conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless demonstrably true. Did you know that a losing sports team can become a winning one by adding worse... more...
The Irrationals
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 29.95The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In The Irrationals , the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the story of irrational numbers and the... more...
Verblüfft?!: Mathematische Beweise unglaublicher Ideen (German Edition)
Springer 2009; US$ 19.95Das Buch stellt eine Reihe scheinbar paradoxer mathematischer Aussagen und deren Beweise vor. Sie kommen aus verschiedenen Bereichen der Mathematik, darunter das Geburtstagsparadoxon, Conways Chequerboard-Armee und Torricellis Trompete. Angewendet werden elementare Methoden der Kombinatorik, Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung, Statistik, Geometrie und Analysis.... more...
Gamma
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 19.95Among the myriad of constants that appear in mathematics, p , e , and i are the most familiar. Following closely behind is g , or gamma, a constant that arises in many mathematical areas yet maintains a profound sense of mystery. In a tantalizing blend of history and mathematics, Julian Havil takes the reader on a journey through logarithms... more...
Gamma
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2007; US$ 15.99Jeder kennt die Kreiszahl p = 3,14159, viele kennen auch e = 2,71828, die Basis der natrlichen Logarithmen, und die imaginre Einheit i. Und dann? Die viertwichtigste" Konstante ist die Eulersche Zahl g = 0,5772156, benannt nach dem genialen Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). p und e sind transzendent, aber bis heute ist unbekannt, ob g eine rationale... more...
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