Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi - Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions (Hardcover)


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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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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Product Details

General

Imprint

Cambridge UniversityPress

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library

Release date

July 2009

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

2009

Authors

Dimensions

216 x 145 x 20mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

298

ISBN-13

978-0-521-75607-5

Barcode

9780521756075

Categories

LSN

0-521-75607-3



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