When least is best how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible /

Main Author: Nahin, Paul J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10504763
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