A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I

Augustus De Morgan

• Essays
• Book language: English
• 417 pages

A Budget of Paradoxes is a collection of essays by the mathematician Augustus De Morgan, drawn largely from his writings in the Athenaeum. It explores paradoxes, errors, and eccentric claims in mathematics, science, and learning, treating orthodox and heterodox ideas with wit and critical scrutiny. It offers a lively historical view of how unusual arguments were made and examined.

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