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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965427203321

Autore

Berlekamp Elwyn R

Titolo

Winning ways for your mathematical plays . Volume 1 / / Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Natick, MA, : A.K. Peters, c2001

ISBN

0-429-94559-0

1-56881-594-8

1-56881-558-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xix, 276 p. : ill. (some col.)

Collana

Winning ways for your mathematical plays ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

ConwayJohn H (John Horton)

GuyRichard K

Disciplina

793.7/4

Soggetti

Mathematical recreations

Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Spade- Work! -- -1- Whose Game? -- -2- Finding the Correct Number is Simplicity Itself -- -3- Some Harder Games and How to Make Them Easier -- -4- Taking and Breaking -- -5- Numbers, Nimbers and Numberless Wonders -- -6- The Heat of Battle -- -7- Hackenbush -- -8- It's a Small Small Small Small World -- It's a Small -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This classic on games and how to play them intelligently is being re-issued in a new, four volume edition.