MAGNIFICENT MISTAKES IN MATHEMATICS INGMAR LEHMANN

Magnificent Mistakes In Mathematics by Posamentier, Alfred S./ Lehmann, Ingmar Demonstrates how historical mistakes have had profound consequences, providing coverage of such events as the 1946 discovery of Shank's infamous pi miscalculation, the concept-violating method used to prove that every triangle is isosceles.
Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics - Posamentier, Alfred
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Sep 19, 2013Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics, by Alfred S. Posamentier and Ingmar Lehmann. For mathematicians, mistakes are serious. An incorrect step in a proof renders it useless; a slip in a calculation usually means that the result is wrong. But mathematicians are human, and even the best of them can make mistakes.
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A very readable and thoroughly enjoyable book, Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics is not only for mathematicians or for those knowledgeable and interested in math. Most anyone with the slightest interest in the subject is likely to get pleasure from this volume written by two mathematicians, A. S. Posamentier and I. Lehmann.Author: Howard Leighton, by Megan Mcintyre
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Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics. Most of the mistakes referred to in this book, in fact, are not the kind of errors that significantly advanced the development of our subject, but are instead of the easy “brain teaser” variety, the analysis of which could easily show up as an exercise in a college mathematics text.
Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics - Posamentier, Alfred
Magnificent Mistakes In Mathematics by Posamentier, Alfred S./ Lehmann, Ingmar Demonstrates how historical mistakes have had profound consequences, providing coverage of such events as the 1946 discovery of Shank's infamous pi miscalculation, the concept-violating method used to prove that every triangle is isosceles.
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Magnificent mistakes in mathematics. [Alfred S Posamentier; Ingmar Lehmann] -- Requiring no more than high-school-level math competency, this playful excursion through the nuances of math will give you a better grasp of this fundamental, all-important science.
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Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics by Alfred S
Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics is an intriguing read. I’ll bet that even old hands at mathematics will find something new here a great opportunity as the school year begins, giving us a chance once again to ‘go figure!’” Ingmar Lehmann is retired from the mathematics faculty at Humboldt University in Berlin. For many years[PDF]
Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics
5 Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics By Alfred S. Posamentier and Ingmar Lehmann Prometheus Books, 2013 Errata Page 21, Line 15: Change “1676” to “1657”. Page 23, Line 7 from bottom, to Page 24, Line 2: Page 23, line 4+: Replace the following sentences: “He noticed that the time of the ball’s travel was inversely proportional to the number of