The scope is wide and the fallacies are examined at considerable depth. This book
should provide a valuable stimulus to those who follow the byways of mathematics out of
sheer interest. It deserves a place on the bookshelf of every teacher of mathematics at
sixth form or equivalent levels, and will prove a useful addition to the mathematics
section of the school or college library.' Technical Education 'Dr Maxwell is the
unchallenged master of fallacious argument (if he will pardon this way of putting it), and
his book must not be regarded merely as a diversion, a Chamber of Horrors, a manual of
oddities. University teachers often complain that pupils leave school equipped with
techniques but with little idea of what mathematics is really about, and also that they
show poor appreciation of the need for logical precision ... by showing mathematics in
sickness this book can help teachers to show it in health.' Mathematics Teaching 'It is
hard to imagine a more pleasant way of arousing a class to an appreciation of the
importance and even the fascination of mathematical rigour. Besides, teachers will be well
advised to master the book before it comes into the hands of pupils.' Technology
'Enjoyment as well as enlightenment is provided by trying to detect the fallacies, or at
least by reading the solutions given by the author of this lovely little work.' Science
'This is a book for every sixth-form mathematics classroom, and indeed for anyone who is
at all interested in mathematics. There is no other book like it.' The Times Educational
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