Dictionary of Mathematical Games, Puzzles, and Amusements

by Harry Edwin Eiss

Mathematical play has challenged and stimulated human ingenuity throughout recorded history. It has ranged from the common sorts of brain teasers such as mazes, arithmetic story problems, and simple geometric puzzles to sophisticated explorations of questions that still concern modern mathematical theorists. This new dictionary provides a tantalizing variety of paradoxes, games, problems, and puzzles that will appeal to mathematics enthusiasts at...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313247145
• ISBN13: 9780313247149
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"