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Strategy Games To Enhance Problem-solving Ability In Mathematics by Alfred S. Posamentier
RRP: €23.80€20.97Games are seen only for recreation. However, this book shows that games can be used to strengthen problem-solving skills and beyond. This book presents strategy games and discusses for each one solutions towards a winning position in the game. In most... -
Lewis Carroll's Cats And Rats... And Other Puzzles With Interesting Tails by Yossi Elran
RRP: €23.80€20.97British-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... -
Mathematical Labyrinths. Pathfinding by Boris Pritsker
RRP: €41.65€36.83Mathematical Labyrinths. Pathfinding provides an overview of various non-standard problems and the approaches to their solutions. The essential idea is a framework laid upon the reader on how to solve nonconventional problems - particularly in the realm... -
Science Sketches: The Universe from Different Angles by Sidney Perkowitz
RRP: €45.21€37.58This book is the second collection of over 50 articles and essays authored by Sidney Perkowitz. Appearing in diverse outlets such as Discover, Washington Post, Aeon, Los Angeles Review of Books, Nautilus, Museum of the Moving Image, and Physics World,... -
Einstein Was Right! by Karl Hess
RRP: €34.50€29.86All modern books on Einstein emphasize the genius of his relativity theory and the corresponding corrections and extensions of the ancient space-time concept. However, Einstein's opposition to the use of probability in the laws of nature and particularly... -
Mathematics of Keno and Lotteries by Mark Bollman
RRP: €65.44€56.79Mathematics of Keno and Lotteries is an elementary treatment of the mathematics, primarily probability and simple combinatorics, involved in lotteries and keno. Keno has a long history as a high-advantage, high-payoff casino game, and state lottery games... -
Exotic Betting At The Racetrack by William T Ziemba
RRP: €35.70€31.75Exotic Betting at the Racetrack is unique as it covers the efficient-inefficient strategy to price and find profitable racetrack bets, along with handicapping that provides actual bets made by the author on essentially all of the major wagers offered at... -
Fate Of Schrodinger's Cat, The: Using Math And Computers To Explore The Counterintuitive by James D Stein
RRP: €65.45€57.16Can we correctly predict the flip of a fair coin more than half the time - or the decay of a single radioactive atom? Our intuition, based on a lifetime of experience, tells us that we cannot, as these are classic examples of what are known to be 50-50... -
Mathematics of The Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette by Mark Bollman
RRP: €91.62€79.79Mathematics is the basis of casino games, which are the bedrock of a $100 billion/year industry. Mathematics of the Big Four Casino Table Games: Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, & Roulette takes an in-depth look at the four biggest table games in casinos:... -
Seduced By Mathematics by James D Stein
RRP: €65.45€57.16Seduction is not just an end result, but a process - and in mathematics, both the end results and the process by which those end results are achieved are often charming and elegant.This helps to explain why so many people - not just those for whom math... -
Adventures In Recreational Mathematics - Volume Ii by David Singmaster
RRP: €29.75€25.93David Singmaster believes in the presentation and teaching of mathematics as recreation. When the Rubik's Cube took off in 1978, based on thinly disguised mathematics, he became seriously interested in mathematical puzzles which would provide mental... -
It Happened One Pi Day: The Easy Way to Memorize Pi by Eric Schmidt, III 9780999471012
RRP: €12.53€10.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999471012Author Alena OrlovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Pao PublishingPublisher Pao PublishingWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *... -
Nonstandard Notebook: Mathematically Ruled Pages for Unruly Thoughts Tim Chartier 9780226830902
RRP: €17.85€15.17A revolutionary notebook that challenges us to play outside (and with) the lines. A standard notebook displays page after page of horizontal lines. But what if we break the pattern? What if the ruled pages grew unruly? In this Nonstandard Notebook,... -
Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry Matt Parker 9780141999333
RRP: €16.66€14.16Brought to you by Penguin. Why do mobile phones work when you're on a train? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? And what did mathematicians have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: €16.66€14.16Subtotal: -
A Stitch in Line: Mathematics and One-Stitch Sashiko Katherine Seaton 9781032491509
RRP: €89.24€75.85A Stitch in Line: Mathematics and One-Stitch Sashiko provides readers with instructions for creating hitomezashi items with minimum outlay. The reader is guided through the practical steps involved in creating each design, and then the mathematics which... -
A Stitch in Line: Mathematics and One-Stitch Sashiko Katherine Seaton 9781032487205
RRP: €27.36€23.25A Stitch in Line: Mathematics and One-Stitch Sashiko provides readers with instructions for creating hitomezashi items with minimum outlay. The reader is guided through the practical steps involved in creating each design, and then the mathematics which... -
Puzzle and Proof: A Decade of Problems from the Utah Math Olympiad Samuel Dittmer 9781032755526
€40.45Puzzle and Proof: A Decade of Problems from the Utah Math Olympiad is a compilation of the problems and solutions for the first 10 years of the Utah Math Olympiad. The problems are challenging but should be understandable at a high school level. Besides... -
Four Ways of Thinking: Statistical, Interactive, Chaotic and Complex David Sumpter 9780141994857
RRP: €13.08€11.11'Packed with practical examples and insightful wisdom. . . A highly enjoyable and effective guide to better thinking' Sabine Hossenfelder'I wish David Sumpter had been my maths teacher. I hated the subject at school. I hoover up his books now' Sunday... -
Introducing Game Theory and its Applications Elliott Mendelson 9781032811802
€80.60This classic text, originally from the noted logician Elliot Mendelson, is intended to be an easy-to-read introduction to the basic ideas and techniques of game theory. It can be used as a class textbook or for self-study. Introducing Game Theory and... -
Puzzle and Proof: A Decade of Problems from the Utah Math Olympiad Samuel Dittmer 9781032762630
€120.12Puzzle and Proof: A Decade of Problems from the Utah Math Olympiad is a compilation of the problems and solutions for the first 10 years of the Utah Math Olympiad. The problems are challenging but should be understandable at a high school level. Besides... -
Infinite Pickle, The: Math Puzzles for Everyone! Gordon Hamilton 9781803416854
RRP: €15.46€13.14The Infinite Pickle�is a collection of 14 playful mathematical pickles. Each pickle is a whole family of puzzles -�the baby bear ones have been play-tested in classrooms of seven�and eight-year-olds -�the big mama bear ones are difficult for the most... -
Around the World in 80 Games: A mathematician unlocks the secrets of the greatest games Marcus du Sautoy 9780008525958
RRP: €13.08€11.11'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRY A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023 An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them. Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the...