Title:
 Einstein's riddle : riddles, paradoxes and conundrums to stretch your mind
Author:
 Stangroom, Jeremy.
ISBN:
 9781408801499
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Publication Information:
 London : Bloomsbury, ©2009.
Physical Description:
 144 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
 Includes index.
Contents:
 Logic and probability -- When reasoning goes wrong -- The real world -- Motion, infinity, and vagueness -- Philosophical conundrums -- Paradoxical all the way down.
Abstract:
 Riddles, paradoxes, and puzzles have been confusing and delighting people for millennia. Zeno of Elea wondered how a hare could ever catch a tortoise in a race: every time the hare catches up, the tortoise has moved very slightly ahead. Schrd̲inger had his cat, Bertrand his box, and Russell his paradoxes. These time-honored mind benders have tantalized and mesmerized us for years. Now, in one book, Jeremy Stangroom presents the classics in this field: the Monty Hall Problem; the Liars Paradox; the Hangmans Paradox; and, of course, Einsteins Riddle. By turns infuriating, fascinating, and gloriously satisfying, these puzzles will keep you thinking and guessing from beginning to end. Biography.
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