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Autore: |
Stewart Ian <1945->
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Titolo: |
Math hysteria [[electronic resource] ] : fun and games with mathematics / / Ian Stewart
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Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina: | 793.74 |
Soggetto topico: | Mathematical recreations |
Mathematics | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-230) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Preface; Figure Acknowledgements; 1 I Know That You Know That; 2 Domino Theories; 3 Turning the Tables; 4 The Anthropomurphic Principle; 5 Counting the Cattle of the Sun; 6 The Great Drain Robbery; 7 Two-Way Jigsaw Puzzles; 8 Tales of the Neglected Number; 9 Is Monopoly Fair?; 10 Monopoly Revisited; 11 A Guide to Computer Dating; 12 Dividing the Spoils; 13 Squaring the Square; 14 The Bellows Conjecture; 15 Purposefully Piling Pyramids; 16 Be a Dots-and-Boxes Grandmaster; 17 Choosily Chomping Chocolate; 18 Shedding a Little Darkness; 19 Preposterous Piratical Predicaments |
20 Million-Dollar MinesweeperFurther Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters: in short, these stories are engaging, challenging, and lots of fun! |
Titolo autorizzato: | Math hysteria ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-164745-4 |
1-280-59394-6 | |
9786613623775 | |
0-19-154739-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910789968903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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