Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi - Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions (Hardcover)

Packing spheres, Reversi, braids, polyominoes, board games, and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll. These and other mathematical diversions return to readers with updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries. Read about Knuth's Word Ladders program and the latest developments in the digits of pi. Once again these timeless puzzles will charm readers while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other fields of mathematics.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Martin Gardner
Dimensions:	216 x 145 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	298
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-75607-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Hobbies, quizzes & games > Puzzles & quizzes > General
LSN:	0-521-75607-3
Barcode:	9780521756075

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