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008 160616s1980 000 0
020 _a0521057000
080 _a51
_bMAX
100 _aMaxwell, E A.
245 _aFallacies in Mathematics
260 _aCambridge
_bCambridge University Press
_c1959
300 _a95p
520 _aAs Maxwell writes in his preface to this book, his aim has been to instruct through entertainment. The standard of knowledge expected is fairly elementary. In most cases a straightforward statement of the fallacious argument is followed by an exposure in which the error is traced to the most elementary source.
650 _aMathematics
_aFallacies (Logic)
_vMathematical recreations
690 _aMathematics
942 _cBK
999 _c14414
_d14414