Mathematical Circus
Paperback
The twenty chapters of this book are nicely balanced between all sorts of stimulating ideas, suggested by down-to-earth objects like match sticks and dollar bills as well as by faraway objects like planets and infinite random walks. We learn about ancient devices for arithmetic and about modern explanations of artificial intelligence. There are feasts here for the eyes and hands as well as for the brain.
- Author is the world's most famous puzzle deviser
Product details
No date availablePaperback
9780883855065
296 pages
203 × 134 × 17 mm
0.317kg
Table of Contents
- 1. Optical illusions
- 2. Matches
- 3. Spheres and hyperspheres
- 4. Patterns of induction
- 5. Elegant triangles
- 6. Random walks and gambling
- 7. Random walks on the plane and in space
- 8. Boolean algebra
- 9. Can machines think?
- 10. Cyclic numbers
- 11. Eccentric chess and other problems
- 12. Dominoes
- 13. Fibonacci and Lucas numbers
- 14. Simplicity
- 15. The rotating round table and other problems
- 16. Solar system oddities
- 17. Mascheroni constructions
- 18. The abacus
- 19. Palindromes: words and number
- 20. Dollar bills.
