Impossible Folding Puzzles and Other Mathematical Paradoxes Each problem was specifically selected

Each problem was specifically selected for its widely differing modes of solution

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This volume demonstrates the manner in which statistical mechanics can be built up deductively from a small number of well-defined physical assumptions

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Impossible Folding Puzzles and Other Mathematical Paradoxes Each problem was specifically selectedDo all problems have solutions? Is complexity synonymous with difficulty? This original collection of mathematical puzzles and paradoxes proves that things aren't always what they seem! Readers will discover that nothing is as easy or as difficult as it looks and that puzzles can have one, several, or no solutions. The fun filled puzzles begin with The Tricky Hole, a challenge that involves pushing a large coin through a small hole in a sheet of paper