Math hysteria : fun and games with mathematics / Ian Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Ian, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical recreations.

Mathematics--Humor.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

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!

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Figure Acknowledgements; 1 I Know That You Know That; 2 Domino Theories; 3 Turning the Tables; 4 The Anthropomurphic Principle; 5 Counting the Cattle of the Sun; 6 The Great Drain Robbery; 7 Two-Way Jigsaw Puzzles; 8 Tales of the Neglected Number; 9 Is Monopoly Fair?; 10 Monopoly Revisited; 11 A Guide to Computer Dating; 12 Dividing the Spoils; 13 Squaring the Square; 14 The 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 MinesweeperFurther Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-230) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-164745-4

1-280-59394-6

9786613623775

0-19-154739-5

OCLC:

779180392