Packing spheres, Reversi, braids, polyominoes, board games, and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll. These and other mathematical diversions return to readers with updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries. Read about Knuth's Word Ladders program and the latest developments in the digits of pi. Once again these timeless puzzles will charm readers while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other fields of mathematics.
| ISBN: | 9780521747011 |
| Publication date: | 6th July 2009 |
| Author: | Martin Gardner |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library |
| Genres: |
Mathematics Sudoku and number puzzles |