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Language: English
Published by American Mathematical Society, 2000
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- Title
- Mathematical Fallacies, Flaws, and Flimflam
- Author
- Barbeau, Edward
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0883855291
- ISBN 13
- 9780883855294
- Edition
- 1st.
- Item weight
- 0.569 pounds
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A collection of mathematical errors, drawn from the work of students, textbooks, and the media, as well as from professional mathematicians themselves.
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About the Author
Edward J. Barbeau received his Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. He was a postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University, and has taught mathematics at the University of Toronto since 1967. He was named Fellow of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (1989), and has received the David Hilbert Award (1991) from the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions and the Adrian Pouliot Award (1995) from the Canadian Mathematical Society. His other books include: Five Hundred Mathematical Challenges with M.S. Klamkin and W.O. Moser (published by The Mathematical Association of America), Polynomials, and After Math. He has been a frequent speaker and was invited on two occasions to give lectures by the Royal Canadian Institute, devoted to disseminating science to the layman. He also gave a series of three radio broadcasts, "Proof and Truth in Mathematics" over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Network.
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