DOVER SCIENCE BOOKS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; CHAPTER 1 - The Lion, the Llama, and the Lettuce; PROBLEM 1; PROBLEM 2; PROBLEM 3; PROBLEM 4; PROBLEM 5; PROBLEM 6; PROBLEM 7; ANSWERS; FURTHER READING; CHAPTER 2 - Tile and Error; PROBLEM 1; PROBLEM 2; PROBLEM
Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into
โ Scribed by Stewart, Ian
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Year
- 2012;2017
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Populated by curious creatures whose stories unfold with jokes and puns, this mathematical wonderland of puzzles and games also imparts significant mathematical ideas. Ian Stewart, an active popularizer of mathematics, university professor, and former columnist for Scientific American's "Mathematical Games" section, has selected 16 of his columns from Pour la Science, the French edition of Scientific American, most based on a mathematical idea dressed up with oddball characters and wacky wordplay.
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Poseidon, ancient Greek God of the Sea, ruler of earthquakes and once worshiped by thousands as a fertility god, was bored and that could be a dangerous thing for people around him. Deciding to visit his son, Nereus and friends at the Cloverleah pack; Poseidon causes his own brand of trouble, result