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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the author of "Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Curiosities" comes a new trove of entrancing numbers and delightful mathematical puzzles for adventurous minds. 200 b&w graphs, figures, and illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Opening another drawer in his Cabinet of Curiosities, renowned mathematics professor Ian Stewart presents a new medley of games, paradoxes, and riddles in <i>Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures</i>. With wit and aplomb, Stewart mingles casual puzzles with grander forays into ancient and modern mathematical thought. <p/> Amongst a host of arcane and astonishing facts about every kind of number from irrational and imaginary to complex and cuneiform, we learn: <ul><li> How to organize chaos</li><li>How matter balances anti-matter</li><li>How to turn a sphere inside out (without creasing it)</li><li> How to calculate pi by observing the stars</li><li> . . . and why you can't comb a hairy ball.</li></ul> <p/> Along the way Stewart offers the reader tantalizing glimpses of the mathematics underlying life and the universe. Mind-stretching, enlightening, and endlessly amusing, <i>Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures</i> will stimulate, delight, and enthrall.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ian Stewart</b> is emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick. His recent books include <i>Calculating the Cosmos, Significant Figures, In Pursuit of the Unknown</i>, and <i>Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures</i>. He is a fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in Coventry, UK.

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