{"product_id":"tales-of-impossibility-9780691218724","title":"Tales of Impossibility","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I greatly enjoyed Richeson's \u003ci\u003eTales of Impossibility. \u003c\/i\u003eIt deserves to become a classic and can be highly recommended.\"\u003cb\u003e---Robin Wilson, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Even if you never read a single proof through to its conclusion, you’ll enjoy the many entertaining side trips into a geometry far beyond what you learned in high school.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jim Stein, \u003ci\u003eNew Books in Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The whole book, both informative and amusing, is a highly recommended read.\"\u003cb\u003e---Adhemar Bulteel, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Mathematical Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book was a pleasure to read and I would recommend it for anybody who wants a lovely overview of many areas of the history of mathematics, with a focus on some very easy to understand problems.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jonathan Shock, \u003ci\u003eMathemafrica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Richeson clearly explains what it means to be impossible to solve a problem, cites other impossibility results, goes into detail about geometric constructions with various instruments, and discusses the defective proofs and the cranks that have turned up along the way.\" * Mathematics Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\"This fascinating text will appeal to all those interested in the history of mathematics, not leasy because of its helpful notes on each chapter and its two dozen pages of references for further reading\"\u003cb\u003e---Laurence E. Nicholas CMath FIMA, \u003ci\u003eMathematics Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eA fact-filled, insightful, panoramic view of how mathematics developed to what it is today transformed by folks thinking both inside and outside of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eG\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e so as to resolve the impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Andrew J. Simoson, \u003ci\u003eMathematical Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403909538135,"sku":"9780691218724","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tales-of-impossibility-9780691218724","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}