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The Big Book of Paradoxes Puzzles and Problems
Author | : Fabrice Mazza |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Puzzles |
ISBN | : 1847325661 |
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Impossible Folding Puzzles and Other Mathematical Paradoxes
Author | : Gianni A. Sarcone,Marie-Jo Waeber |
Publsiher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2014-05-25 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 9780486795652 |
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Fun-filled, math-based puzzles include Elephants and Castles, Trianglized Kangaroo, Honest Dice and Logic Dice, Mind-reading Powers, and dozens more. Complete solutions explain the mathematical realities behind the fantastic-sounding challenges.
The Big Book of Paradoxes Puzzles and Problems
Author | : Fabrice Mazza |
Publsiher | : Carlton Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-10 |
Genre | : Paradoxes |
ISBN | : 184732438X |
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This title contains nearly 200 superb puzzles that are guaranteed to get your brain spinning and your mind whirring. All are set in the olden days, and Merlin the Magician, Avalon, King Arthur and other mythical people and places feature prominently.
Puzzles and Paradoxes
Author | : T. H. O’Beirne |
Publsiher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2017-08-10 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 9780486824864 |
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These marvelous, stimulating games for the mind include geometric paradoxes, cube and color arrangement puzzles, calendar paradoxes, much more. Detailed solutions prepare readers for puzzles of even greater complexity.
Puzzles Paradoxes and Problem Solving
Author | : Marilyn A. Reba,Douglas R. Shier |
Publsiher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 605 |
Release | : 2014-12-15 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9781482297935 |
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A Classroom-Tested, Alternative Approach to Teaching Math for Liberal Arts Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Problem Solving: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking uses puzzles and paradoxes to introduce basic principles of mathematical thought. The text is designed for students in liberal arts mathematics courses. Decision-making situations that progress
Colossal Book of Mathematics
Author | : Martin Gardner |
Publsiher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-06-26 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780393020236 |
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No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium from America's best-loved mathematical expert. Whether discussing hexaflexagons or number theory, Klein bottles or the essence of "nothing," Martin Gardner has single-handedly created the field of "recreational mathematics." The Colossal Book of Mathematics collects together Gardner's most popular pieces from his legendary "Mathematical Games" column, which ran in Scientific American for twenty-five years. Gardner's array of absorbing puzzles and mind-twisting paradoxes opens mathematics up to the world at large, inspiring people to see past numbers and formulas and experience the application of mathematical principles to the mysterious world around them. With articles on topics ranging from simple algebra to the twisting surfaces of Mobius strips, from an endless game of Bulgarian solitaire to the unreachable dream of time travel, this volume comprises a substantial and definitive monument to Gardner's influence on mathematics, science, and culture. In its twelve sections, The Colossal Book of Math explores a wide range of areas, each startlingly illuminated by Gardner's incisive expertise. Beginning with seemingly simple topics, Gardner expertly guides us through complicated and wondrous worlds: by way of basic algebra we contemplate the mesmerizing, often hilarious, linguistic and numerical possibilities of palindromes; using simple geometry, he dissects the principles of symmetry upon which the renowned mathematical artist M. C. Escher constructs his unique, dizzying universe. Gardner, like few thinkers today, melds a rigorous scientific skepticism with a profound artistic and imaginative impulse. His stunning exploration of "The Church of the Fourth Dimension," for example, bridges the disparate worlds of religion and science by brilliantly imagining the spatial possibility of God's presence in the world as a fourth dimension, at once "everywhere and nowhere." With boundless wisdom and his trademark wit, Gardner allows the reader to further engage challenging topics like probability and game theory which have plagued clever gamblers, and famous mathematicians, for centuries. Whether debunking Pascal's wager with basic probability, making visual music with fractals, or uncoiling a "knotted doughnut" with introductory topology, Gardner continuously displays his fierce intelligence and gentle humor. His articles confront both the comfortingly mundane—"Generalized Ticktacktoe" and "Sprouts and Brussel Sprouts"—and the quakingly abstract—"Hexaflexagons," "Nothing," and "Everything." He navigates these staggeringly obscure topics with a deft intelligence and, with addendums and suggested reading lists, he informs these classic articles with new insight. Admired by scientists and mathematicians, writers and readers alike, Gardner's vast knowledge and burning curiosity reveal themselves on every page. The culmination of a lifelong devotion to the wonders of mathematics, The Colossal Book of Mathematics is the largest and most comprehensive math book ever assembled by Gardner and remains an indispensable volume for the amateur and expert alike.
The Philosophy Foundation
Author | : Peter Worley,Andrew Day |
Publsiher | : Crown House Publishing |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2012-09-30 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781781350928 |
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The name 'Thoughtings' was inspired by a 5-year old who, when asked to explain what thinking is without using the word 'think' said 'It's when you're thoughting'. Children love pondering big philosophical questions like 'Does the universe end?', 'Where is my mind?' and 'Can something be true and false at the same time?'. These verses capture that impulse in the growing mind and feed it further. These are not poems or, at least, not in the traditional sense of the word... They are a kind of poem specifically designed around a particular puzzle or problem that might be thought more philosophy than poetry. Here's to the joy of puzzlement!
Impossible Folding Puzzles and Other Mathematical Paradoxes
Author | : Gianni A. Sarcone,Marie-Jo Waeber |
Publsiher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2014-02-20 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 9780486493510 |
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Do all problems have solutions? Is complexity synonymous with difficulty? This original collection of mathematical puzzles and paradoxes proves that things aren't always what they seem! Readers will discover that nothing is as easy or as difficult as it looks and that puzzles can have one, several, or no solutions. The fun-filled puzzles begin with The Tricky Hole, a challenge that involves pushing a large coin through a small hole in a sheet of paper without ripping or making any cuts in the paper. Advance to the Elastic Playing Card, in which it's possible to cut a hole into a playing card big enough for someone to climb through. Other incredible puzzles include Elephants and Castles, Trianglized Kangaroo, Honest Dice and Logic Dice, Mind-reading Powers, and dozens more. Complete solutions explain the mathematical realities behind the fantastic-sounding challenges.