一卷永不过期的数学狂怪档案

19世纪英国著名数学家德摩根的<悖论集>是一卷形形色色的数学狂怪的经典历史档案,是一部绝世的数学警世通言.这卷历史档案永不过时,它已将过去,现在和将来的数学狂怪刻画得入木三分、讽刺得淋漓尽致.读了<悖论集>,你一定会感到再也没有必要对今天的数学狂怪们作什么评论了.

A File of Mathematical Cranks Which Will Never be Out of Date

A Budget of Paradoxes,a book written by the famous British mathematician Augustus De Morgan (1806-1872), is a unique volume of classical historical documents on various kinds of mathematical cranks who tried to solve such problems as trisection of an angle,quadrature of circle,duplication of a cube,etc.,and dreamed of raising their names to the world and winning the reward which had never been offered. It will never be out of date because it portrayed most vividly and satirized most profoundly mathematical cranks in the past,at present and even in the future.Having read this book,you will find it unnecessary to make any comments on the contemporary cranks you met unexpectedly or reporters reported lengthily.