{"product_id":"a-budget-of-paradoxes","title":"A Budget of Paradoxes","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Budget of Paradoxes, originally published in 1915, is mathematician Augustus De Morgan's most accessible and entertaining work. Well-known for his wit, De Morgan takes aim at those people he calls \"paradoxers,\" which in modern terms would most closely resemble crackpots. Paradoxers, however, are not crazy, necessarily-rather, they hold views wildly outside the accepted sphere. If you believed the world was round when everyone else knew that it was flat, you would be a paradoxer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, De Morgan reviews a number of books from his own library written by such \"crackpots\" who claim to have solved a great many of the puzzles of mathematics and science, including squaring a circle, creating perpetual motion, and overcoming gravity. Each is thoroughly put in his place in ways both entertaining and informative to readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkeptics, students of science, and anyone who likes pondering a puzzle will find this book a delightful read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish mathematician AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN (1806-1871) invented the term mathematical induction. Among his many published works is Trigonometry and Double Algebra (1849).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosimo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52651465179503,"sku":"9781602063204","price":272.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/1602063206.jpg?v=1770675504","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/a-budget-of-paradoxes","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}