| Description |
1 online resource (x, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index. |
| Contents |
1. I know that you know that -- 2. Domino theories -- 3. Turning the tables -- 4. anthropomurphic principle -- 5. Counting the cattle of the sun -- 6. great drain robbery -- 7. Two-way jigsaw puzzles -- 8. Tales of the neglected number -- 9. Is monopoly fair? -- 10. Monopoly revisited -- 11. guide to computer dating -- 12. Dividing the spoils -- 13. Squaring the square -- 14. 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 minesweeper. |
| Summary |
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! |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mathematical recreations.
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Mathematical recreations. |
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Mathematics -- Humor.
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Mathematics. |
| Genre/Form |
Humor.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Humor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stewart, Ian, 1945- Math hysteria. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 0198613369 (DLC) 2004050075 (OCoLC)55068092 |
| ISBN |
9780191547393 (electronic book) |
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0191547395 (electronic book) |
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1280593946 |
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9781280593949 |
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0198613369 |
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9780198613367 |
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