Perplexing Paradoxes: Unraveling Enigmas in the World Around Us

by George G. Szpiro

Why does it always seem like the elevator is going down when you need to go up? Is it really true that 0.99999 . . . with an infinite number of 9s after the decimal point, is equal to 1? What do tea leaves and river erosion have in common, per Albert Einstein? Does seeing a bed of red flowers help prove that all ravens are black? Can we make sense of a phrase like "this statement is unprovable"?

Exploring these questions and many more, George...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023121376X
• ISBN13: 9780231213769
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.6"