Ces fables pleines de jeux de mots, écrites par un auteur de vulgarisation scientifique, rendent les concepts mathématiques complexes accessibles et amusants. Douze essais adoptent une approche ludique des mathématiques, en étudiant la topologie d'une couverture chaude, les chances de battre un joueur de tennis supérieur et comment distinguer les faits des erreurs. Édition 1991.
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Author of Concepts of Modern Mathematics and Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into..., Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick (UK).
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