Impossible? : surprising solutions to counterintuitive conundrums /

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Author / Creator:Havil, Julian, 1952-
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
Description:xii, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7136300
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ISBN:9780691131313 (alk. paper)
0691131317 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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