Princeton University Press Publishes 'Tales of Impossibility'
October 08, 2019
October 08, 2019
PRINCETON, New Jersey, Oct. 8 -- Princeton University Press issued the following book description:
Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity, by David S. Richeson
Tales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics.
First posed by the ancient Greeks, these compass and straightedge problems--sq . . .
Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity, by David S. Richeson
Tales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics.
First posed by the ancient Greeks, these compass and straightedge problems--sq . . .