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    Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums (2008)
    Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
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    UID:
    (DE-604)BV043059268
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 235 pages)
    ISBN: 0691131317 , 0691150028 , 1400829674 , 9780691131313 , 9780691150024 , 9781400829675
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , It'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 , In 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 temporarily closed, traffic doesn't gridlock but flows more smoothly--why is that? Or consider that cities that build new roads can experience dramatic increases in traffic congestion--how is this possible? What does the game show Let's Make A Deal reveal a
    Language: English
    Keywords: Unterhaltungsmathematik ; Paradoxon ; Mathematik ; Paradoxon ; Mathematisches Problem ; Beweis ; Beispielsammlung
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    Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums (2008)
    Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press
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    UID:
    (DE-627)1003608272
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 235 pages) , illustrations
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    ISBN: 0691131317 , 0691150028 , 1400829674 , 9780691131313 , 9780691150024 , 9781400829675
    Content: In 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 temporarily closed, traffic doesn't gridlock but flows more smoothly--why is that? Or consider that cities that build new roads can experience dramatic increases in traffic congestion--how is this possible? What does the game show Let's Make A Deal reveal a
    Content: It'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
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , English
    Additional Edition: Print version Havil, Julian, 1952- Impossible? Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©2008
    Language: English
    URL: Volltext
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    Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums (2008)
    Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press
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    UID:
    (DE-604)BV023272631
    Format: 235 S. , graph. Darst.
    ISBN: 9780691131313
    Note: Includes index.
    Language: English
    Subjects: Economics
    RVK:
    QH 100
    Keywords: Unterhaltungsmathematik ; Paradoxon ; Mathematik ; Paradoxon ; Mathematisches Problem ; Beweis ; Beispielsammlung
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    Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums (2011)
    Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press
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    UID:
    (DE-602)gbv_672196190
    Format: XII, 235 S. , graph. Darst.
    Edition: 3. print., and 1. paperback print.
    ISBN: 9780691150024 , 9780691131313
    Note: Includes index
    Language: English
    Subjects: Economics
    RVK:
    QH 100
    Keywords: Unterhaltungsmathematik ; Paradoxon
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    Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums (2008)
    Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press
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    UID:
    (DE-627)1658413873
    Format: Online Ressource (xii, 235 pages) , illustrations
    ISBN: 9781400829675 , 1400829674
    Content: In 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 temporarily closed, traffic doesn't gridlock but flows more smoothly--why is that? Or consider that cities that build new roads can experience dramatic increases in traffic congestion--how is this possible? What does the game show Let's Make A Deal reveal a
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
    Additional Edition: 1282157078
    Additional Edition: 9781282157071
    Additional Edition: 9786612157073
    Additional Edition: 6612157070
    Additional Edition: 0691131317
    Additional Edition: 9780691131313
    Additional Edition: 0691150028
    Additional Edition: 9780691150024
    Additional Edition: 9780691131313
    Additional Edition: 0691131317
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Havil, Julian, 1952- Impossible? Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©2008
    Language: English
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Electronic books
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    Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums (2011)
    Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press
    Details
    UID:
    (DE-627)672196190
    Format: XII, 235 S. , graph. Darst.
    Edition: 3. print., and 1. paperback print.
    ISBN: 9780691150024 , 9780691131313
    Note: Includes index
    Language: English
    Subjects: Economics
    RVK:
    QH 100
    Keywords: Unterhaltungsmathematik ; Paradoxon
    URL: Inhaltstext
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    Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums (2008)
    Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton University Press
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    UID:
    (DE-627)555870677
    Format: XII, 235 S. , graph. Darst.
    ISBN: 9780691131313 , 9780691150024
    Note: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
    Language: English
    Subjects: Economics , Mathematics
    RVK:
    QH 100
    RVK:
    SN 100
    Keywords: Unterhaltungsmathematik ; Paradoxon
    URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis
    URL: Inhaltstext
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    Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums (2008)
    Princeton [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press
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    UID:
    (DE-605)HT015745078
    Format: XII, 235 S. : graph. Darst.
    ISBN: 9780691131313
    Language: English
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