Sphere packing, Lewis Carrol, and reversi

Packing spheres, Reversi, braids, polyominoes, board games, and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll. These and other mathematical diversions return to readers with updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries. Read about Knuth's Word Ladders program and the latest developments in the digits of pi. Once again these timeless puzzles will charm readers while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other fields of mathematics.

 

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Subject(s)Mathematics
Author(s)Martin Gardner
Age11-14, 14-16, 16-19
Published2009
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Shelf referenceA 510.7937 GAR
ISN/ISBN 0521808405
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/xfhvv

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