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Cogwheels of the Mind: The Story of Venn Diagrams
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Author
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A.W.F. Edwards. Ian Stewart, foreword.
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Publisher
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Johns Hopkins
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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9.5
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7.2
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ISBN
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9780801874345
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Pages/Publication Date
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110/2004
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Daedalus Item Code
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30935
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Description
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Used today in spheres of life as diverse as business strategy, creative writing, medicine, computer science, and theoretical physics, Venn diagrams possess fascinating properties. The basic Venn diagram, devised by English logician John Venn (1834–1923) to visually represent complex logical propositions and algebraic statements, is both elegantly simple—three overlapping circles that intersect to create eight distinct areas—and conceptually innovative. Statistician and geneticist A.W.F. Edwards offers this accessible and engaging illustrated history of the Venn diagram, its reception and evolution, and its presence in such objects and images as Christian iconography, tennis balls, and flags.
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