The Universe in a Handkerchief

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

Martin Gardner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

158 Seiten

1998 | 1996 ed.
Copernicus Books (Verlag)
978-0-387-94673-3 (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	7.10.1998
Zusatzinfo	X, 158 p.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	930 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-387-94673-X / 038794673X
ISBN-13	978-0-387-94673-3 / 9780387946733
Zustand	Neuware