by David Wells · GEDISA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474327816
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«El curioso mundo de las matemáticas» is David Wells's anthology of mathematical curiosities, published by Gedisa in hardback (320 pages in Spanish).
A collection of mathematical anecdotes and curiosities spanning several centuries: probability paradoxes, Shakespeare's sonnets, monkeys and typists, and the proof that 1 + 1 = 2. Also featured are Newton and chance, Pythagoras, legal attempts to fix the value of pi, and the role of mathematics in the Bible, the military, and madness.
Originally published as The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Mathematics in 1997. Part of the Games collection, Beginners level.
For readers who want to approach the playful side of mathematics and start at a basic level.
