pOpening another drawer in his Cabinet of Curiosities, renowned mathematics professor Ian Stewart presents a new medley of games, paradoxes, and riddles in emProfessor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasuresem. With wit and aplomb, Stewart mingles casual puzzles with grander forays into ancient and modern mathematical thought.ppAmongst a host of arcane and astonishing facts about every kind of number from irrational and imaginary to complex and cuneiform, we learn pp- How to organize chaosbr - How matter balances anti-matterbr - How to turn a sphere inside out without creasing itbr - How to calculate pi by observing the starsbr - ...and why you can't comb a hairy ball.ppAlong the way Stewart offers the reader tantalizing glimpses of the mathematics underlying life and the universe. Mind-stretching, enlightening, and endlessly amusing, emProfessor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasuresem will stimulate, delight, and enthrall.pp p