The Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays
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Lewis Carroll was also famous for his puns, anagrams, acrostics and riddles. In this book, Martin Gardner (the preeminent writer on recreational mathematics of our time) has gathered many of Carroll's inventions, ranging from games such as "arithmetical croquet" to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus.
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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.
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Item number (ASIN): 0387256415
Author: Martin Gardner
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0387256415
Item Dimensions: 2.25 x 1.5 (centimeters)
Languages: English x English x English
Manufacturer: Springer
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 168
Package Dimensions: 47 x 606 x 906 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: Springer
Binding: Paperback
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