
A Budget of Paradoxes
Augustus de Morgan(Author)
Sophia De Morgan(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 30. April 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
526 pages
978-1-108-08320-1 (ISBN)
Description
An important figure in the development of modern mathematical logic and abstract algebra, Augustus De Morgan (1806-71) was also a witty writer who made a hobby of collecting evidence of paradoxical and illogical thinking from historical sources as well as contemporary pamphlets and periodicals. Based on articles that had appeared in The Athenaeum during his lifetime, this work was edited by his widow and published in book form in 1872. It parades all varieties of crackpot, from circle-squarers to inventors of perpetual motion machines, all for the reader's entertainment and education. Filled with anecdotes, personal opinions and 'squibs' of every kind, the book remains enjoyable reading for those who are amused rather than appalled by the human condition. Also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection are the Memoir of Augustus De Morgan (1882), prepared by his wife, and his ambitious Formal Logic (1847).
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
734 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-08320-1 (9781108083201)
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Content
Editor's preface; Introductory; A budget of paradoxes; Appendix.