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These pun-studded fables by a popular science writer make complicated mathematical concepts accessible and fun. Twelve essays take a playful approach to mathematics, investigating the topology of a warm blanket, the odds of beating a superior tennis player, and how to distinguish between fact and fallacy. 1991 edition.

Stewart I Game Set and Math

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    A Paperback by Ian Stewart

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      Publisher Dover Publications
      Published 27 July 2007
      ISBN-13 9780486458847
      978-0486458847
      ISBN-10 0486458849
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      Mathematical logic

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      Book Synopsis

      These pun-studded fables by a popular science writer make complicated mathematical concepts accessible and fun. Twelve essays take a playful approach to mathematics, investigating the topology of a warm blanket, the odds of beating a superior tennis player, and how to distinguish between fact and fallacy. 1991 edition.

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