Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics [[electronic resource] /] / Robert B. Banks |
Autore | Banks Robert B |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina |
510
519 |
Collana | Princeton puzzlers |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Games in mathematics education Puzzles |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-691-10284-8
1-280-49441-7 9786613589644 1-4008-4303-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Broad Stripes And Bright Stars -- 2. More Stars, Honey Corn Bs, And Snowflakes -- 3. Slicing Things Like Pizzas And Watemelons -- 4. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head And Other Goodies -- 5. Raindrops And Other Goodies Revisited -- 6. Wtich Major Rivers Flow Uphill? -- 7. A Brief Look At W, E, And Some Other Famous Numbers -- 8. Another Look At Some Famous Numbers -- 9. Great Number Sequences: Prime, Fibonacci, And Hailstone -- 10. A Fast Way To Escape -- 11. How To Get Anywhere In About Forty- Two Minutes -- 12. How Fast Should You Run In The Rain? -- 13. Great Turtle Races: Pursuit Curves -- 14. More Great Turtle Races: Logarithmic Spirals -- 15. How Many People Have Ever Lived? -- 16. The Great Explosion Of 2023 -- 17. How To Make Fairly Nice Valentines -- 18. Somewhere Over The Rainbow -- 19. Making Mathematical Mountains -- 20. How To Make Mountains Out Of Molehills -- 21. Moving Continents From Here To There -- 22. Cartography: How To Flatten Spheres -- 23. Growth And Spreading And Mathematical Analogies -- 24. How Long Is The Seam On A Baseball? -- 25. Baseball Seams, Pipe Connections, And World Travels -- 26. Lengths, Areas, And Volumes Of All Kinds Of Shapes -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461722103321 |
Banks Robert B
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Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics [[electronic resource] /] / Robert B. Banks |
Autore | Banks Robert B |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina |
510
519 |
Collana | Princeton puzzlers |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Games in mathematics education Puzzles |
ISBN |
0-691-10284-8
1-280-49441-7 9786613589644 1-4008-4303-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Broad Stripes And Bright Stars -- 2. More Stars, Honey Corn Bs, And Snowflakes -- 3. Slicing Things Like Pizzas And Watemelons -- 4. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head And Other Goodies -- 5. Raindrops And Other Goodies Revisited -- 6. Wtich Major Rivers Flow Uphill? -- 7. A Brief Look At W, E, And Some Other Famous Numbers -- 8. Another Look At Some Famous Numbers -- 9. Great Number Sequences: Prime, Fibonacci, And Hailstone -- 10. A Fast Way To Escape -- 11. How To Get Anywhere In About Forty- Two Minutes -- 12. How Fast Should You Run In The Rain? -- 13. Great Turtle Races: Pursuit Curves -- 14. More Great Turtle Races: Logarithmic Spirals -- 15. How Many People Have Ever Lived? -- 16. The Great Explosion Of 2023 -- 17. How To Make Fairly Nice Valentines -- 18. Somewhere Over The Rainbow -- 19. Making Mathematical Mountains -- 20. How To Make Mountains Out Of Molehills -- 21. Moving Continents From Here To There -- 22. Cartography: How To Flatten Spheres -- 23. Growth And Spreading And Mathematical Analogies -- 24. How Long Is The Seam On A Baseball? -- 25. Baseball Seams, Pipe Connections, And World Travels -- 26. Lengths, Areas, And Volumes Of All Kinds Of Shapes -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789935503321 |
Banks Robert B
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics / / Robert B. Banks |
Autore | Banks Robert B |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina |
510
519 |
Collana | Princeton puzzlers |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Games in mathematics education Puzzles |
ISBN |
0-691-10284-8
1-280-49441-7 9786613589644 1-4008-4303-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Broad Stripes And Bright Stars -- 2. More Stars, Honey Corn Bs, And Snowflakes -- 3. Slicing Things Like Pizzas And Watemelons -- 4. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head And Other Goodies -- 5. Raindrops And Other Goodies Revisited -- 6. Wtich Major Rivers Flow Uphill? -- 7. A Brief Look At W, E, And Some Other Famous Numbers -- 8. Another Look At Some Famous Numbers -- 9. Great Number Sequences: Prime, Fibonacci, And Hailstone -- 10. A Fast Way To Escape -- 11. How To Get Anywhere In About Forty- Two Minutes -- 12. How Fast Should You Run In The Rain? -- 13. Great Turtle Races: Pursuit Curves -- 14. More Great Turtle Races: Logarithmic Spirals -- 15. How Many People Have Ever Lived? -- 16. The Great Explosion Of 2023 -- 17. How To Make Fairly Nice Valentines -- 18. Somewhere Over The Rainbow -- 19. Making Mathematical Mountains -- 20. How To Make Mountains Out Of Molehills -- 21. Moving Continents From Here To There -- 22. Cartography: How To Flatten Spheres -- 23. Growth And Spreading And Mathematical Analogies -- 24. How Long Is The Seam On A Baseball? -- 25. Baseball Seams, Pipe Connections, And World Travels -- 26. Lengths, Areas, And Volumes Of All Kinds Of Shapes -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815650203321 |
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Topics in recreational mathematics / by J. H. Cadwell |
Autore | Cadwell, J. H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1966 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 179 p. : plate, tables, diagrs. ; 24 cm. |
Disciplina | 510 |
Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
ISBN | 052104409X |
Classificazione | AMS 00A08 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001446559707536 |
Cadwell, J. H.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1966 | ||
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Tribute to a Mathemagician / / editors, Barry Cipra, Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Tom Rodgers |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xli, 262 p. : ill. (some col.) |
Disciplina | 793.74 |
Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-429-06286-9
1-4398-6479-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | part Part I Braintreasures -- chapter Chinese Ceramic Puzzle Vessels / Norman L. Sand?eld -- chapter Mongolian Interlocking Puzzles / Jerry Slocum and Frans de Vreugd -- part Part II Brainticklers -- chapter Fold-and-Cut Magic / Erik D. Demaine -- chapter The Three-Legged Hourglass / M. Oskar van Deventer -- chapter The Incredible Swimmer Puzzle / Stewart Co?n -- chapter The Butler University Game / Rebecca G. Wahl -- chapter Vive Recreational Mathematics / Underwood Dudley -- chapter Go¨delian Puzzles Raymond Smullyan -- part Part III Brainteasers -- chapter A Bouquet of Brainteasers / Chris Maslanka -- chapter Sliding-Coin Puzzles / Erik D. Demaine -- chapter Underspeci?ed Puzzles / David Wolfe -- chapter A Cryptic Crossword Puzzle in Honor of Martin Gardner / Robert A. Hearn -- chapter Absolute Martin / J. Carey Lauder -- part Part IV Braintempters -- chapter A History of the Ten-Square -- chapter Con?guration Games / Jeremiah Farrell -- chapter BlackJack Stacks Harold Cataquet -- chapter 5 Five Algorithmic Puzzles / Peter Winkler. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454378403321 |
Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2004 | ||
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Tribute to a Mathemagician / / editors, Barry Cipra, Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Tom Rodgers |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xli, 262 p. : ill. (some col.) |
Disciplina | 793.74 |
Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
ISBN |
0-429-06286-9
1-4398-6479-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | part Part I Braintreasures -- chapter Chinese Ceramic Puzzle Vessels / Norman L. Sand?eld -- chapter Mongolian Interlocking Puzzles / Jerry Slocum and Frans de Vreugd -- part Part II Brainticklers -- chapter Fold-and-Cut Magic / Erik D. Demaine -- chapter The Three-Legged Hourglass / M. Oskar van Deventer -- chapter The Incredible Swimmer Puzzle / Stewart Co?n -- chapter The Butler University Game / Rebecca G. Wahl -- chapter Vive Recreational Mathematics / Underwood Dudley -- chapter Go¨delian Puzzles Raymond Smullyan -- part Part III Brainteasers -- chapter A Bouquet of Brainteasers / Chris Maslanka -- chapter Sliding-Coin Puzzles / Erik D. Demaine -- chapter Underspeci?ed Puzzles / David Wolfe -- chapter A Cryptic Crossword Puzzle in Honor of Martin Gardner / Robert A. Hearn -- chapter Absolute Martin / J. Carey Lauder -- part Part IV Braintempters -- chapter A History of the Ten-Square -- chapter Con?guration Games / Jeremiah Farrell -- chapter BlackJack Stacks Harold Cataquet -- chapter 5 Five Algorithmic Puzzles / Peter Winkler. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782061803321 |
Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2004 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tribute to a Mathemagician / / editors, Barry Cipra, Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Tom Rodgers |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | xli, 262 p. : ill. (some col.) |
Disciplina | 793.74 |
Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
ISBN |
0-429-06286-9
1-4398-6479-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | part Part I Braintreasures -- chapter Chinese Ceramic Puzzle Vessels / Norman L. Sand?eld -- chapter Mongolian Interlocking Puzzles / Jerry Slocum and Frans de Vreugd -- part Part II Brainticklers -- chapter Fold-and-Cut Magic / Erik D. Demaine -- chapter The Three-Legged Hourglass / M. Oskar van Deventer -- chapter The Incredible Swimmer Puzzle / Stewart Co?n -- chapter The Butler University Game / Rebecca G. Wahl -- chapter Vive Recreational Mathematics / Underwood Dudley -- chapter Go¨delian Puzzles Raymond Smullyan -- part Part III Brainteasers -- chapter A Bouquet of Brainteasers / Chris Maslanka -- chapter Sliding-Coin Puzzles / Erik D. Demaine -- chapter Underspeci?ed Puzzles / David Wolfe -- chapter A Cryptic Crossword Puzzle in Honor of Martin Gardner / Robert A. Hearn -- chapter Absolute Martin / J. Carey Lauder -- part Part IV Braintempters -- chapter A History of the Ten-Square -- chapter Con?guration Games / Jeremiah Farrell -- chapter BlackJack Stacks Harold Cataquet -- chapter 5 Five Algorithmic Puzzles / Peter Winkler. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817034803321 |
Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2004 | ||
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The universe in a handkerchief : Lewis Carroll's mathematical recreations, games, puzzles, and word plays / Martin Gardner |
Autore | Gardner, Martin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Copernicus, c1996 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 158 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Disciplina | 510 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Carroll, Lewis |
Soggetto topico |
Literary recreations
Mathematical recreations |
ISBN | 038794673X |
Classificazione |
AMS 00A08
QA95.G3325 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001469139707536 |
Gardner, Martin
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New York : Copernicus, c1996 | ||
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Der verrückte Pythagoras : unterhaltsames und interessantes / / Rüdiger Günttner ; with cartoons by H. Mercker |
Autore | Günttner Rüdiger |
Edizione | [2. Auflage.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Göttingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 793.74 |
Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
ISBN | 3-7369-3943-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794967303321 |
Günttner Rüdiger
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Göttingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2011 | ||
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Der verrückte Pythagoras : unterhaltsames und interessantes / / Rüdiger Günttner ; with cartoons by H. Mercker |
Autore | Günttner Rüdiger |
Edizione | [2. Auflage.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Göttingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 793.74 |
Soggetto topico | Mathematical recreations |
ISBN | 3-7369-3943-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816509303321 |
Günttner Rüdiger
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Göttingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2011 | ||
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