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How to Cut a Cake : And Other Mathematical Conundrums
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How to Cut a Cake : And Other Mathematical Conundrums Paperback - 2006

by Stewart, Ian

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This volume contains 20 curious puzzles and fantastical mathematical stories from one of the world's most popular and accessible writers on mathematics.

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  • Title How to Cut a Cake : And Other Mathematical Conundrums
  • Author Stewart, Ian
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, Oxford
  • Date November 13, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP13425383
  • ISBN 9780199205905 / 0199205906
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 6.34 x 0.79 in (23.22 x 16.10 x 2.01 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mathematical recreations, Mathematics - Study and teaching (Higher) -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006025068
  • Dewey Decimal Code 510

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Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University, and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre at Warwick. An active research mathematician, he is well-known for popularizing mathematics and science for the public. A Fellow of the Royal Society, his many books include Evolving the Alien (with Jack Cohen), What Shape is a Snowflake?, and Does God Play Dice?.

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