Lewis Carroll's Cats and Rats... and Other Puzzles with Interesting Tails

by Yossi Elran

Book Overview

British-Israeli recreational mathematician, communicator and educator, Yossi Elran explores in-depth six of the most ingenious math puzzles, exposing their long 'tails': the stories, trivia, quirks and oddities of their history and, of course, the math and mathematicians behind them. In his unique 'talmudic', associative way, Elran shows the hidden connections between Lewis Carroll's 'Cats and Rats' puzzle and the math of taxi driving, a number pyramid...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811233969
• ISBN13: 9789811233968
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"