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Perplexing Paradoxes: Unraveling Enigmas in the World Around Us

Contributor(s): Szpiro, George G (Author)

ISBN: 9780231213769

Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Pub Date: March 26, 2024

Dewey: 165

LCCN: 2023027511

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 8.60" L x 5.60" W ( 1.20 lbs) 360 pages

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Description: George G. Szpiro guides readers through the puzzling world of paradoxes, from Socratic dialogues to the Monty Hall Problem.

Brief description: George Szpiro (Ph.D., mathematical economics and finance, Hebrew University) has for the past thirty years worked as correspondent of the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung, which has a readership of 500k. He is the author of Kepler's Conjecture (John Wiley, 2003), Numbers Rule (Princeton University Press, 2010) and Pricing the Future (Basic Books 2011), among others.

Review Quotes: Of immense relevance to readers with an interest in logic, language, mathematics, and the history of philosophy. Exceptionally well written, inherently fascinating, thought-provoking, and thoroughly 'reader friendly' in organization and presentation.-- "Midwest Book Review"

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