A mathematical Pandora's box
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Author
Publication
1993 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
31,500 words, Guess
Page Count
126 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemathematicalpand00bolt
- Internet Archivemathematicalpand00bolt_846
- ISBN-100521446198
- ISBN-139780521446198
- LibraryThing210560
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- Library of Congress Control Number92045680
- Better World Books9780521446198
- Better World BooksKS-850-144
- Open LibraryOL1740019M
Classifications
- DDC793.7/4
- LCCQA95 .B57 1993
Description
A Mathematical Pandora's Box has been written in response to the success of Brian Bolt's earlier mathematical puzzle books. Through his own experience, the author has discovered a worldwide interest in these and similar puzzles. Not only do they stimulate creative thinking but they can also open up new areas of mathematics to the reader. This book contains 142 activities: in addition to puzzles, there are games, tricks, models and explanations of various phenomena. They range from number manipulation, through happy and amicable numbers, coin puzzles, picnicking bears and pentominoes, to building shapes with cubes. Some of the puzzles date from hundreds of years ago while many others are original, giving everyone something to think about. There is a detailed commentary at the end of the book, giving solutions and explanations, together with the occasional follow-up problem.
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