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Voltaire's Riddle (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions)
Andrew Simoson
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Description for Voltaire's Riddle (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions)
Hardcover. An exploration of Voltaire's Micromegas which presents the mathematics behind the polar expedition and suggests some answers to Voltaire's riddle. Series: Dolciani Mathematical Expositions. Num Pages: 396 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
In 1752 Voltaire published Micromégas, the story of a 120,000-foot tall resident of a planet of Sirius who visited our solar system. As a parting gift, the visitor gave the French Academy of Sciences a book that, he said, contained the answer to all things. On examination, the book was found to be blank. This is the riddle: why was it blank? Voltaire's Riddle contains a new translation of the story and continues with a series of chapters, each of which begins with a historical or literary vignette followed by the mathematics behind it. Topics include trajectories of comets, the ... Read more
In 1752 Voltaire published Micromégas, the story of a 120,000-foot tall resident of a planet of Sirius who visited our solar system. As a parting gift, the visitor gave the French Academy of Sciences a book that, he said, contained the answer to all things. On examination, the book was found to be blank. This is the riddle: why was it blank? Voltaire's Riddle contains a new translation of the story and continues with a series of chapters, each of which begins with a historical or literary vignette followed by the mathematics behind it. Topics include trajectories of comets, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Mathematical Association of America
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Series
Dolciani Mathematical Expositions
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780883853450
SKU
V9780883853450
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About Andrew Simoson
Andrew Simoson earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics under Leonard Asimow at the University of Wyoming in 1979, working on extensions of separating theorems in functional analysis. Since then, he has been chairman of the mathematics department at King College in Bristol, Tennessee, and has authored over thirty papers in various mathematical journals. He has twice been a Fulbright professor, at ... Read more
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