Mathematical Snapshots Almost unsurpassed as a balanced

Almost unsurpassed as a balanced

Edgar Degas

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Mathematical Snapshots Almost unsurpassed as a balancedWhat does a mathematician do? someone once asked the author, and from that simple inquiry sprang this entertaining and informative volume. Designed to explain and demonstrate mathematical phenomena through the use of photographs and diagrams, Dr. Steinhauss thought provoking exposition ranges from simple puzzles and games to more advanced problems in mathematics. For this revised and enlarged edition, the author added material on such wide ranging