Hayes, Brian. <br/><br/>
Foolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (245 pages) 
 - The MIT Press Series .
 - The MIT Press Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Young Gauss Sums It Up -- 2 Outside the Law of Averages -- 3 How to Avoid Yourself -- 4 The Spectrum of Riemannium -- 5 Unwed Numbers -- 6 Crinkly Curves -- 7 Wagering with Zeno -- 8 The Higher Arithmetic -- 9 First Links in the Markov Chain -- 10 Playing Ball in the nth Dimension -- 11 Quasirandom Ramblings -- 12 Pencil, Paper, and Pi -- 13 Foolproof -- Sources and Resources -- References -- Index. 
<br/><br/> A non-mathematician explores mathematical terrain, reporting accessibly and engagingly on topics from Sudoku to probability. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262342681 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA93 .H394 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>510