The Pea and the Sun A Mathematical Paradox |
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| Author:
| Wapner, Leonard M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56881-557-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2005 |
| Publisher: | A K Peters, Limited
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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Take an apple and cut it into five pieces. Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create two apples equal in shape and size to the original? Would you believe that you could make something as large as the sun by breaking a pea into a finite number of pieces and putting it back together again? Neither
Take an apple and cut it into five pieces. Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create two apples equal in shape and size to the original? Would you believe that you could make something as large as the sun by breaking a pea into a finite number of pieces and putting it back together again? Neither