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Winning ways for your mathematical plays. Volume 1 / Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berlekamp, Elwyn R.
- Series:
- Winning ways for your mathematical plays ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematical recreations.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 276 p. : ill. (some col.).
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Natick, MA : A.K. Peters, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This classic on games and how to play them intelligently is being re-issued in a new, four volume edition.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface
- Spade- Work!
- -1- Whose Game?
- -2- Finding the Correct Number is Simplicity Itself
- -3- Some Harder Games and How to Make Them Easier
- -4- Taking and Breaking
- -5- Numbers, Nimbers and Numberless Wonders
- -6- The Heat of Battle
- -7- Hackenbush
- -8- It's a Small Small Small Small World
- It's a Small
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-94559-0
- 1-56881-594-8
- 1-56881-558-1
- OCLC:
- 922955617
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