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Published
Dover, July 1997
ISBN
9780486296647
Format
Softcover, 224 pages
Dimensions
21.6cm × 13.6cm

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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.

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