The Trisectors (Spectrum) - Underwood Dudley (1996)
ISBN 0883855143
Subject Mathematics - Miscellanea; Trisection of angle
Publisher The Mathematical Association of America
Publication Date September 1996
Format Paperback (234 x 152 mm)
Language e
Plot
Underwood Dudley is well known for his collection of books on mathematical cranks. Here he offers yet another - angle trisectors. It is impossible to trisect angles with straightedge and compass alone, but many people try and think they have succeeded. This book is about angle trisections and the people who attempt them. According to Dudley: ‘Hardly any mathematical training is necessary to read this book. There is a little trigonometry here and there, but it may be safely skipped. There are hardly any equations. There are no exercises and there will be no final examination. The worst victim of mathematics anxiety can read this book with profit and dry palms. It is quite suitable to give as a present.’
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Collection Status In Collection
Index 764
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Product Details
LoC Classification QA468. D83 1994
Dewey 516.2/04
Edition [2nd ed.].
Cover Price $10.00
No. of Pages 202
Notes
Rev. ed. of: The budget of trisections. New York : Springer-Verlag, 1987.