Fantasia mathematica
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This reprint of the famous book first published by Simon \& Schuster in 1958 includes two dozen short stories and excerpts from works of various authors, some well-known such as Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke and Martin Gardner, selected and edited by Clifton Fadiman. These whimsical excursions are founded on mathematical themes like the Möbius strip and Klein bottle, the fourth dimension, the Fermat conjecture and monkeys typing English literature. The collection is rounded out with poems, limericks and other snippets.
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