The Universe in a Handkerchief

Lewis Carroll’s Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays

Martin Gardner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

158 Seiten

2005 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Copernicus Books (Verlag)
978-0-387-25641-2 (ISBN)

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This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative.

Fiction and Verse.- The Diaries.- Letters.- Books and Articles.- Miscellaneous Amusements.- Doublets.- Pamphlets on Games.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.2005
Zusatzinfo	X, 158 p.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	550 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-387-25641-5 / 0387256415
ISBN-13	978-0-387-25641-2 / 9780387256412
Zustand	Neuware