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TALES OF IMPOSSIBILITY: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity
Recounts the intriguing story of four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics: squaring the circle, trisecting an angle, doubling the cube, and inscribing regular polygons in a circle. Richeson chronicles how these unsolvable problems have captivated mathematical thinking for centuries. Illus.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 436
Publisher: Princeton
ISBN: 9780691192963
Item #: 8063249
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