The adventures of Beremiz Samir take the reader on an exotic journey in which, time and again, he summons his extraordinary mathematics powers to settle disputes, give wise advice, overcome dangerous enemies, and win for himself fame, fortune and rich rewards.
Tang, a lifelong lover of math, shares the techniques that have helped him solve problems in the most creative ways. Briggs's vibrant and inviting illustrations create a perfect environment for these innovative games.
Famed puzzle expert explains math behind a multitude of mystifying tricks: card tricks, stage "mind reading," coin and match tricks, counting out games, geometric dissections, etc. More than 400 tricks, 135 illustrations.
No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium of classic puzzles, paradoxes, and puzzles from America's best-loved mathematical expert. 320 line drawings.
Paradoxes and paper-folding, Moebius variations and mnemonics, fallacies, magic squares, topological curiosities, parlor tricks, and games ancient and modern, from Polyominoes, Nim, Hex, and the Tower of Hanoi to four-dimensional ticktacktoe. These mathematical recreations, clearly and cleverly presented by Martin Gardner, delight and perplex ...
Martin Gardner continues to delight. He introduces readers to the Generalized Ham Sandwich Theorem, origami, digital roots, magic squares, the mathematics of cooling coffee, the induction game of Eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court Palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles. Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma Cube is the ...
MATHEMAGICS shows you how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide faster in your head than with a calculator, let alone using pencil and paper. Imagine knowing the cash register total at the supermarket before the clerk rings it up, or the exact tip at a restaurant without appearing to think about it. With MATHEMAGICS these tricks are so easy to ...
More challenging and more addictive than Su Doku, Kakuro is the new puzzle craze to spellbind the nation. Kakuro has already become more popular than Su Doku in Japan, delighting millions with its belnd of total simplicity and devilish compexity. Now the UK has the chance to become hooked on Kakuro. The rules are simple. Fill the aquares using the ...
One of the largest puzzle collections -- 430 brainteasers based on algebra, arithmetic, permutations, probability, plane figure dissection, properties of numbers, etc. More than 450 illustrations.
Basic math principles are presented via games and colorful illustrations. Concepts covered include measuring, proportions, classifying, computation, and sequences.
Many of the most important mathematical concepts were developed from recreational problems. This book uses problems, puzzles, and games to teach students how to think critically. It emphasizes active participation in problem solving, with emphasis on logic, number and graph theory, games of strategy, and much more. Includes answers to selected ...
Figuring out the answers to the riddles in this unique and delightfully illustrated book calls for mathematical thinking and provides practice with addition.
A brilliant exploration of the beauty and power of mathematics Ian Stewart has carved out of a niche for himself as by far the leading populariser of maths in this country in a series of successful books. The Magical Maze is structured on the image of a maze representing the network of connected mathematical ideas that have proved sopowerful and ...
Basic math principles are presented via games and colorful illustrations. Concepts covered include measuring, proportions, classifying, computation, and sequences.
In "The Magic Numbers of Dr. Matrix", Martin Gardner introduces us to this extraordinary man, Dr. Irving Joshua Matrix. Believed by many to be the greatest numerologist who ever lived, Dr. Matrix claims to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. He was, however, completely unknown to the scientific community until Gardner wrote about him in "Scientific ...
A collection of tricks and stunts that take advantage of easy-to-understand mathematical principles. Includes calculator capers, card-conjuring mysteries and mind-baffling feats, based on dice, calendars, coins and more.
"In Ian Stewart we at last have a worthy successor to that dean of recreational mathematics, Martin Gardner...Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into "...contains a fascinating selection of characters, and journeys into a mathematical wonderland of quirky humour and imaginative story-telling." Physics World Ian Stewart, who gave the Royal Institution ...
Basic math principles are presented via games and colorful illustrations. Readers will be introduced to such concepts as making comparisons, symbolizing and counting objects, and measuring liquids.
The fascinating follow--up to the bestselling The Universal History of Numbers Picking up where his highly acclaimed The Universal History of Numbers left off, Georges Ifrah continues his exhilarating exploration into the world of numbers. The fascinating result, The Universal History of Computing, traces the progress of computing from the ...
A collection of more than two hundred mindbending puzzles demystifies Scheherazade and the Arabian Nights enigmas and includes logic tricks, number games, true/false paradoxes, and logic puzzles.
Grab a pencil. Relax. Then take off on a mind-boggling journey to the ultimate frontier of math, mind, and meaning as acclaimed author Dr Clifford Pickover, Dorothy, and Dr Oz explore some of the oddest and quirkiest highways and byways of the numerically obsessed. Prepare yourself for a shattering odyssey as The Mathematics of Oz unlocks the ...
Seasoned with Gardner's interest in the history and philosophy of science, this delightful book is a treasure-trove of puzzles, anecdotes, games, and logical theory. These intriguing problems, collected from Gardner's Scientific American columns, involve knots, interlocking rings, rotations and reflections, logical paradox, two-dimensional ...
The paperback reprint of Smullyan's most successful book of puzzles--a mind-bending, pleasurable romp through the world of logic. For all ages and all levels of difficulty, these puzzles range from those that can be solved in minutes to those that will beguile for hours.
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