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    Brink of Infinity

    By Stanley Weinbaum

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    A math professor, thinking that he has been hired by a chemist to run some statistical analyses on experimental data, is surprised to learn that is the experiment. The chemist, angry at mathematicians because a miscalculation by one resulted in him being crippled in an explosion, wishes to separate the mathematicians from the bogus ones who -- in his opinion -- deserve to die. To test whether the protagonist is a real mathematician, he must guess the mathematical expression that the kidnapper is thinking of by asking ten questions...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJovian Press
    Release dateNov 19, 2016
    ISBN9781537808864
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