Includes index.

It's common knowledge -- Simpson's paradox -- The impossible problem -- Braess' paradox -- The power of complex numbers -- Bucking the odds -- Cantor's paradise -- Gamow-Stern elevators -- The toss of a coin -- Wild-card poker -- Two series -- Two card tricks -- The spin of a needle -- The best choice -- The power of powers -- Benford's law -- Goodstein sequences -- The Banach-Tarski paradox.