Mathematical Puzzles And Curiosities

Author : Barry R. Clarke
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048631572X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities written by Barry R. Clarke and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intriguing collection features recreational math, logic, and creativity puzzles. Classic and new puzzles include The Monty Hall Problem, The Unexpected Hanging, The Shakespeare Puzzles, and Finger Multiplication.

Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847651283
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities written by Ian Stewart and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-09-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School maths is not the interesting part. The real fun is elsewhere. Like a magpie, Ian Stewart has collected the most enlightening, entertaining and vexing 'curiosities' of maths over the years... Now, the private collection is displayed in his cabinet. There are some hidden gems of logic, geometry and probability -- like how to extract a cherry from a cocktail glass (harder than you think), a pop up dodecahedron, the real reason why you can't divide anything by zero and some tips for making money by proving the obvious. Scattered among these are keys to unlocking the mysteries of Fermat's last theorem, the Poincar Conjecture, chaos theory, and the P/NP problem for which a million dollar prize is on offer. There are beguiling secrets about familiar names like Pythagoras or prime numbers, as well as anecdotes about great mathematicians. Pull out the drawers of the Professor's cabinet and who knows what could happen...

Author : Alfred S. Posamentier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1616149310
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Curiosities written by Alfred S. Posamentier and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people agree that math is important, but few would say it's fun. This book will show you that the subject you learned to hate in high school can be as entertaining as a witty remark, as engrossing as the mystery novel you can't put down--in short, fun! As veteran math educators Posamentier and Lehmann demonstrate, when you realize that doing math can be enjoyable, you open a door into a world of unexpected insights while learning an important skill. The authors illustrate the point with many easily understandable examples. One of these is what mathematicians call the "Ruth-Aaron pair" (714 and 715), named after the respective career home runs of Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. These two consecutive integers contain a host of interesting features, one of which is that their prime factors when added together have the same sum. The authors also explore the unusual aspects of such numbers as 11 and 18, which have intriguing properties usually overlooked by standard math curriculums. And to make you a better all-around problem solver, a variety of problems is presented that appear simple but have surprisingly clever solutions. If math has frustrated you over the years, this delightful approach will teach you many things you thought were beyond your reach, while conveying the key message that math can and should be anything but boring.

Author : Oswald Jacoby
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486168360
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intriguing Mathematical Problems written by Oswald Jacoby and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasury of challenging brainteasers includes puzzles involving numbers, letters, probability, reasoning, more: The Enterprising Snail, The Fly and the Bicycles, The Lovesick Cockroaches, many others. No advanced math needed. Solutions.

Author : Barry R. Clarke
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486490912
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities written by Barry R. Clarke and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Very satisfying." — Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times. This new collection features an intriguing mix of recreational math, logic, and creativity puzzles, many of which first appeared in the author's Daily Telegraph (UK) column. Requiring only basic algebra skills, classic and new puzzles include The Monty Hall Problem, The Unexpected Hanging, The Shakespeare Puzzles, and Finger Multiplication.

Author : Nicholas Edward Scripture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Mathematical Puzzles and Oddities written by Nicholas Edward Scripture and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barry R. Clarke
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486427553
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brain Busters! written by Barry R. Clarke and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty-one original puzzles include complex crosswords, a collection of amusing stories with a series of clues that lead to a single solution at the end, and an advanced series of math and logic puzzles — no skills beyond high school algebra needed. Most puzzles include hints; solutions are provided for all.

Author : Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486315770
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gödelian Puzzle Book written by Raymond M. Smullyan and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These logic puzzles provide entertaining variations on Gödel's incompleteness theorems, offering ingenious challenges related to infinity, truth and provability, undecidability, and other concepts. No background in formal logic necessary.

Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048615078X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into. . . written by Ian Stewart and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen columns from the French edition of Scientific American feature oddball characters and wacky wordplay in a mathematical wonderland of puzzles and games that also imparts significant mathematical ideas. 1992 edition.

Author : Samuel Loyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Puzzles written by Samuel Loyd and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: