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A companion to the same author's "Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers" and "Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry", this book covers mathematical and logical puzzles from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. ...more
Paperback, 400 pages
Published April 6th 1993 by Penguin (Non-Classics) (first published 1993)
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