Games Puzzles And Math Excursions
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Author | : Chandru Arni |
Publisher | : Prowess Publishing |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2020-10-23 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1545753318 |
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The games presented here are mainly 2-person strategic board games and Solitaire Puzzles, when alone. There is a welcome difference between strategic board games and puzzles. A puzzle has a solution and once you’ve solved it, it is not that interesting any more. A strategy game can be played again and again. Chess, the “King of all Board Games”, is not included here as it forms a subject by itself, but there are a few pre-chess puzzles. Bridge, the “Queen of all Card Games”, is also not included as Card games and Dice games involve a certain element of luck; the games here are not based on chance or probability. Apart from Games and Puzzles, there is a small chapter on Mathematical Excursions. These are explorations of non mathematicians like me into the ways of thinking and understanding patterns that mathematicians visualise and analyse for sheer pleasure without any monetary or practical benefit. How can a chess knight’s move over a chess board be beneficial to anybody? But this exploration has been going on for 2000 years. Also, whereas Pythagoras’ Theorem was of great benefit to society, what will proving Fermat’s Theorem accomplish? For a mathematician, the overriding influence of numbers becomes his aim in life.
Author | : T. H. O’Beirne |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2017-08-10 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0486824861 |
Download Puzzles and Paradoxes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
These marvelous, stimulating games for the mind include geometric paradoxes, cube and color arrangement puzzles, calendar paradoxes, much more. Detailed solutions prepare readers for puzzles of even greater complexity.
Author | : Benjamin L. Schwartz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : |
Download Mathematical Solitaires & Games Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A collection of solitaires and games.
Author | : C. Stanley Ogilvy |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780486282831 |
Download Excursions in Mathematics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This lively and accessible exploration of the nature of mathematics examines the role of the mathematician as well as the four major branches: number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis.
Author | : Henry Ernest Dudeney |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 559 |
Release | : 2020-01-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Download Amusements in Mathematics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"Amusements in Mathematics" by Henry Ernest Dudeney Henry Ernest Dudeney was an English author and mathematician who specialized in logic puzzles and mathematical games. He is known as one of the country's foremost creators of mathematical puzzles. This book contains 430 puzzles, problems, paradoxes, and brain-teasers presented by a master of mathematical ingenuity. Virtually every sort of mathematical or logical poser is included in this extraordinary collection.
Author | : Bonnie Averbach |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2012-03-15 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0486131742 |
Download Problem Solving Through Recreational Mathematics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Fascinating approach to mathematical teaching stresses use of recreational problems, puzzles, and games to teach critical thinking. Logic, number and graph theory, games of strategy, much more. Includes answers to selected problems. Free solutions manual available for download at the Dover website.
Author | : David G. Wells |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Games |
ISBN | : 9781139887687 |
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"The appeal of games and puzzles is timeless and universal. In this unique book, David Wells explores the fascinating connections between games and mathematics, proving that mathematics is not just about tedious calculation but imagination, insight and intuition. The first part of the book introduces games, puzzles and mathematical recreations, including the Tower of Hanoi, knight tours on a chessboard, Nine Men's Morris and more. The second part explains how thinking about playing games can mirror the thinking of a mathematician, using scientific investigation, tactics and strategy, and sharp observation. Finally the author considers game-like features found in a wide range of human behaviours, illuminating the role of mathematics and helping to explain why it exists at all. This thought-provoking book is perfect for anyone with a thirst for mathematics and its hidden beauty; a good high school grounding in mathematics is all the background that's required, and the puzzles and games will suit pupils from 14 years"--
Author | : David Wells |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2012-10-18 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1139561065 |
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The appeal of games and puzzles is timeless and universal. In this unique book, David Wells explores the fascinating connections between games and mathematics, proving that mathematics is not just about tedious calculation but imagination, insight and intuition. The first part of the book introduces games, puzzles and mathematical recreations, including knight tours on a chessboard. The second part explains how thinking about playing games can mirror the thinking of a mathematician, using scientific investigation, tactics and strategy, and sharp observation. Finally the author considers game-like features found in a wide range of human behaviours, illuminating the role of mathematics and helping to explain why it exists at all. This thought-provoking book is perfect for anyone with a thirst for mathematics and its hidden beauty; a good high school grounding in mathematics is all the background that is required, and the puzzles and games will suit pupils from 14 years.
Author | : Rozsa Peter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1986-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780844652351 |
Download Playing with Infinity Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Popular account ranges from counting to mathematical logic and covers many concepts related to infinity: graphic representation of functions; pairings, other combinations; prime numbers; logarithms, circular functions; more. 216 illustrations.
Author | : Miodrag Petkovi? |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780486294322 |
Download Mathematics and Chess Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
99 puzzles built around the chessboard. Arithmetical and probability problems, chessboard recreations, geometrical puzzles, mathematical amusements and games, more. Solutions.