From Galileo's Fan to the Cone of Democritus, and from the impossibility of motion to the infinite staircase, these mind-bending thought experiments, optical il... » 

From Galileo's Fan to the Cone of Democritus, and from the impossibility of motion to the infinite staircase, these mind-bending thought experiments, optical illusions and logical deceptions are one of the most interesting facets of philosophy. This book presents an introduction to a huge range of logical, ethical and mathematical paradoxes. «