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When you were a tadpole and I was a fish : and other speculations about this and that / Martin Gardner.

by Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010

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Hill and Wang, 2009.

Science -- Miscellanea.

Mathematics -- Miscellanea.

9780809087372 (hardcover : alk. paper)

0809087375 (hardcover : alk. paper)

viii, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index.

Science. Ann Coulter takes on Darwin ; Isaac Newton's vast ocean of truth ; Bull's-eyes and famous fumbles ; Mr. Belloc objects ; Mr. Belloc still objects -- Bogus science. Why I am not a paranormalist ; New thought, unity, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox ; Was the sinking of the Titanic foretold? -- Mathematics. Dracula makes a martini ; The Fibonacci sequence ; L-tromino tiling of mutilated chessboards ; Is Ruben Hersch "out there"? -- Logic. The explosion of Blaggage's oracle ; The erasing of Philbert the Fudger -- Literature. The wonderful Wizard of Oz ; The life and adventures of Santa Claus ; Tales of the long bow ; When you were a tadpole and I was a fish -- Religion. The curious case of Frank Tipler ; The comic pratfall of Richard Roberts ; Why I am not an atheist ; The coloured lands ; The price we pay -- Politics. Is socialism a dirty word?

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