Budget of Paradoxes - Augustus De Morgan - Books - Cosimo Classics - 9781602068551 - October 15, 2007
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Budget of Paradoxes

Augustus De Morgan

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Budget of Paradoxes

A Budget of Paradoxes, originally published in 1915, is mathematician Augustus De Morgan's most accessible and entertaining work. Well-known for his wit, De Morgan takes aim at those people he calls "paradoxers," which in modern terms would most closely resemble crackpots. Paradoxers, however, are not crazy, necessarily-rather, they hold views wildly outside the accepted sphere. If you believed the world was round when everyone else knew that it was flat, you would be a paradoxer. In this book, De Morgan reviews a number of books from his own library written by such "crackpots" who claim to have solved a great many of the puzzles of mathematics and science, including squaring a circle, creating perpetual motion, and overcoming gravity. Each is thoroughly put in his place in ways both entertaining and informative to readers. Skeptics, students of science, and anyone who likes pondering a puzzle will find this book a delightful read. British mathematician AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN (1806-1871) invented the term mathematical induction. Among his many published works is Trigonometry and Double Algebra (1849).

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released October 15, 2007
ISBN13 9781602068551
Publishers Cosimo Classics
Pages 808
Dimensions 156 × 234 × 43 mm   ·   1.28 kg
Language English  

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