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Author Stewart, Ian, 1945-

Title Math hysteria : fun and games with mathematics / Ian Stewart
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 235 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. I know that you know that -- 2. Domino theories -- 3. Turning the tables -- 4. anthropomurphic principle -- 5. Counting the cattle of the sun -- 6. great drain robbery -- 7. Two-way jigsaw puzzles -- 8. Tales of the neglected number -- 9. Is monopoly fair? -- 10. Monopoly revisited -- 11. guide to computer dating -- 12. Dividing the spoils -- 13. Squaring the square -- 14. bellows conjecture -- 15. Purposefully piling pyramids -- 16. Be a dots-and-boxes grandmaster -- 17. Choosily chomping chocolate -- 18. Shedding a little darkness -- 19. Preposterous piratical predicaments -- 20. Million-dollar minesweeper
Summary Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters: in short, these stories are engaging, challenging, and lots of fun!
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Mathematical recreations.
Mathematics -- Humor
GAMES -- Sudoku.
MATHEMATICS -- Recreations & Games.
Mathematical recreations
Mathematics
Humor
Unterhaltung
Mathematik
Genre/Form Humor
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004050075
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