Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge
Author:   William Poundstone
Publisher:   Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
ISBN:  

9780385242714


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 December 1989
Format:   Paperback
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Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge


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This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is seemingly rendered irrelevant.

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Author:   William Poundstone
Publisher:   Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:   Bantam Doubleday Dell
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 20.10cm
Weight:   0.238kg
ISBN:  

9780385242714


ISBN 10:   0385242719
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 December 1989
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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William Poundstone studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of The Recursive Universe, about information theory and physics, and Labyrinths of Reason, an exploration of paradox in science. The author of such popular books as Big Secrets, The Ultimate, and Prisoner’s Dilemma, he has also written for Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, SPY, and other periodicals. Poundstone lives in Los Angeles.

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