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Book Description
Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle -- challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way.
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- English Books
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- Edition: 1
- ISBN-10: 0199205906
- ISBN-13: 9780199205905
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Pub date: Nov 13, 2006
- Dimensions: 23 cm x 15 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
- In other languages:
... and other languagesLibros en Español and Libri Italiani
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