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Name: Archimedes' Revenge

Full title: Archimedes' Revenge: The Joys and Perils of Mathematics
Author: Paul Hoffman
Year: 1988
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9780393025224
0393025225
Syndicated columnist Paul Hoffman provides an acclaimed account of the world of modern mathematicians in the bestselling tradition of accessible scientists Stephen Jay Gould and Tracey Kidder. An extremely clever account.--The New Yorker.
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