Magnificent mistakes in mathematics / Alfred S. Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann.

By:

Posamentier, Alfred S [author.]

Contributor(s):

Lehmann, Ingmar [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1616147474
9781616147471

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

510 23

LOC classification:

QA99 .P664 2013

Contents:

Noteworthy mistakes by famous mathematicians -- Mistakes in arithmetic -- Algebraic mistakes -- Geometric mistakes -- Mistakes in probability and statistics.

Summary: "Requiring no more than high-school-level math competency, this playful excursion through the nuances of math will give you a better grasp of this fundamental, all-important science"-- Provided by publisher.

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Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	510 POS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A562147B

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Noteworthy mistakes by famous mathematicians -- Mistakes in arithmetic -- Algebraic mistakes -- Geometric mistakes -- Mistakes in probability and statistics.

"Requiring no more than high-school-level math competency, this playful excursion through the nuances of math will give you a better grasp of this fundamental, all-important science"-- Provided by publisher.

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