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Fun and Games with Mathematics
Ian Stewart
ISBN: 9780198613367
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Edition: illustrated edition
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Presents magical puzzles, each one of which is spun around a tale such as: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. This work also features many curious characters.
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!
| ISBN | 0198613369 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9780198613367
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 384 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 233 | | Publication date | 13 May 2004 | | Width (mm) | 157 | | Library of Congress | QA43 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY | 793.74 | | Academic level | Children (6-12), Primary/Secondary education | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | Figure acknowledgements | | | | 1 | | I know that you know that | | 1 | | 2 | | Domino theories | | 11 | | 3 | | Turning the tables | | 25 | | 4 | | The anthropomurphic principle | | 37 | | 5 | | Counting the cattle of the sun | | 47 | | 6 | | The great drain robbery | | 57 | | 7 | | Two-way jigsaw puzzles | | 73 | | 8 | | Tales of the neglected number | | 85 | | 9 | | Is monopoly fair? | | 95 | | 10 | | Monopoly revisited | | 107 | | 11 | | A guide to computer dating | | 117 | | 12 | | Dividing the spoils | | 127 | | 13 | | Squaring the square | | 143 | | 14 | | The bellows conjecture | | 155 | | 15 | | Purposefully piling pyramids | | 165 | | 16 | | Be a dots-and-boxes grandmaster | | 177 | | 17 | | Choosily chomping chocolate | | 187 | | 18 | | Shedding a little darkness | | 199 | | 19 | | Preposterous piratical predicaments | | 209 | | 20 | | Million-dollar minesweeper | | 217 | | | | Further reading | | 227 | | | | Index | | 231 |
In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of intriguing, challenging, and fun puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale. L'Enseignement Mathematique, 2005  Be the first to write a customer review
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