The Lighter Side of Mathematics
The Lighter Side of Mathematics
Out of Print
In August of 1986 a special conference on recreational mathematics was held at the University of Calgary to celebrate the founding of the Strens Collection. Leading practitioners of recreational mathematics from around the world gathered in Calgary to share with each other the joy and spirit of play that is to be found in recreational mathematics. It would be difficult to find a better collection of wonderful articles on recreational mathematics by a more distinguished group of authors. If you are interested in tessellations, Escher, tilings, Rubik's cube, pentominoes, games, puzzles, the arbelos, Henry Dudeney, or change ringing, then this book is for you.
- Games, puzzles, and many other mathematical recreations
- Very well known contributors
Reviews & endorsements
'This volume is one of the best I have ever read in the genre of recreational mathematics … the contributions to this collection … form a wonderful volume, which I wholeheartedly recommend to all enthusiasts of mathematics in general, and recreational mathematics in particular.' Mathematical Reviews
Product details
September 1996Paperback
9780883855164
375 pages
278 × 217 × 21 mm
0.893kg
Unavailable - out of print
