Game, Set and Math: 2enigmas and Conundrums

by Ian Stewart

2020-04-21 17:11:22

Twelve essays take a playful approach to the subject, exploring how to play poker over the telephone without the possibility of cheating, how to distinguish plausible fallacies from unbelievable facts, and how to cope mathematically with contorted wo... Read more
Twelve essays take a playful approach to the subject, exploring how to play poker over the telephone without the possibility of cheating, how to distinguish plausible fallacies from unbelievable facts, and how to cope mathematically with contorted worms, drunken tennis players, and snakes that eat their own tails. Book jacket. Less

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File size5.03x7.76x0.63inches
Print pages208
PublisherPenguin Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780140132373
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Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University. He has published more than eighty books including Mathematics of Life , Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities ...

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