Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle -- challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way.
| ISBN: | 9780199205905 |
| Publication date: | 12th October 2006 |
| Author: | Ian Stewart |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 231 pages |
| Genres: |
Popular Science Puzzles and quizzes Mathematics |