Recreations & Games

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228222286Author Activity CrusadesFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Activity CrusadesPublisher Activity CrusadesWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

Mathematics of Tabletop Games provides a bridge between mathematics and hobby tabletop gaming. Instead of focusing on games mathematicians play, such as nim and chomp, this book starts with the tabletop games played by avid gamers and hopes to address...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541943780Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle TherapistWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541943315Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle TherapistWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798736336425Author Houss EditionFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print USPublisher Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP...

If you've been waiting for a book that will evoke the delight and intrigue that mathematics has to offer, this is the book for you. What are the odds of finding two people who share the same birth date in a room of thirty-five? Most people would...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939497048Author Amy MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 518Imprint Fairhaven PressPublisher Fairhaven PressWeight(grams) 889gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541941632Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle TherapistWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999244418Author David C FrushFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Kidssci Inc.Publisher Kidssci Inc.Weight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595097494Author Norman SantoraFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Writers Club PressPublisher Writers Club PressWeight(grams) 222g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780230113848Author Marcus Du SautoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228222293Author Activity CrusadesFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Activity CrusadesPublisher Activity CrusadesWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780942208528Author Jerry MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Bandanna BooksPublisher Bandanna BooksWeight(grams) 145g

This is a book about infinity - specifically the infinity of numbers and sequences. Amazing properties arise, for instance, some kinds of infinity are argued to be greater than others. Along the way the author will demonstrate how infinity can be made to...

Our physical world is embedded in a geometric environment. Plane geometry has many amazing wonders beyond those that are briefly touched on in school curriculums. The triangle, one of the basic instruments in geometry, has a plethora of unexpected...

Our physical world is embedded in a geometric environment. Plane geometry has many amazing wonders beyond those that are briefly touched on in school curriculums. The triangle, one of the basic instruments in geometry, has a plethora of unexpected...

The goal of the book is to provide insight into many enjoyable and fascinating aspects of geometry, and to reveal interesting geometrical properties. The emphasis is on the practical applications of theory in the problem-solving process. The chapters...

The goal of the book is to provide insight into many enjoyable and fascinating aspects of geometry, and to reveal interesting geometrical properties. The emphasis is on the practical applications of theory in the problem-solving process. The chapters...

This is a book about infinity - specifically the infinity of numbers and sequences. Amazing properties arise, for instance, some kinds of infinity are argued to be greater than others. Along the way the author will demonstrate how infinity can be made to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857286666Author Alan LippFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g

String art is a well-known and popular activity that uses string, a board, and nails to produce artistic images (although there are variations that use different modalities). This activity is beloved because simple counting rules are used to create...

A colorful tour through the intriguing world of mathematics Take a grand tour of the best of modern math, its most elegant solutions, most clever discoveries, most mind-bending propositions, and most impressive personalities. Writing with a light touch...

We live in a world that is not quite "right." The central tenet of statistical inquiry is that Observation = Truth + Error because even the most careful of scientific investigations have always been bedeviled by uncertainty. Our attempts to measure...

Population Explosion and Other Mathematical Puzzles is a wonderful addition to Dr Dick Hess's previous successful books, Mental Gymnastics: Recreational Mathematical Puzzles, Golf on the Moon, (Dover Publishing, 2011 and 2014 respectively) and...

Population Explosion and Other Mathematical Puzzles is a wonderful addition to Dr Dick Hess's previous successful books, Mental Gymnastics: Recreational Mathematical Puzzles, Golf on the Moon, (Dover Publishing, 2011 and 2014 respectively) and...

'Everyone interested in geometric dissections, and this kind of puzzles, either mathematically or recreationally will embrace this publication. But also the readers interested in the history and certainly those who became curious about this mystery man...

A geometric dissection is a cutting of a geometric figure (such as a regular polygon, or a star, or a cross) into pieces that we can rearrange to form another geometric figure. The best dissections are beautiful and possess economy (few pieces),...

This book contains the most interesting problems from the first 24 years of the 'Mathematical Duel', an annual international mathematics competition between the students of four schools: the Gymnazium Mikulase Kopernika in Bilovec, Czech Republic, the...

'... this could make an ideal end-of-year prize for a high-school student who is fascinated by all aspects of number. The subsections provide ideas and opportunities for mathematical exploration. This book might also be deemed a suitable resource for...

Did you like Math or Science in school? Have you played games that stimulated your thought processes for Math and Science? Trying to be creative in your Math, Science or leadership class? Can leadership be taught? Is leadership an Art or a Science or...

Suppose you have five muffins that you want to divide and give to Alice, Bob, and Carol. You want each of them to get 5/3. You could cut each muffin into 1/3-1/3-1/3 and give each student five 1/3-sized pieces. But Alice objects! She has large hands! She...

'This delightful book connects mathematical concepts in a dozen areas to magic tricks. Expositions of the mathematics precede description and analysis of the tricks. The expositions are too short for in-depth learning; the intent is to give sophomores a...

Games 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...

We live in a world of numbers and mathematics, and so we need to work with numbers and some math in almost everything we do, to control our happiness and the direction of our lives. The purpose of Coming Home to Math is to make adults with little...

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...

Kick start your brain with Do the math! math challenges that exercise those gray cells. Whether it's a computation problem, problems involving advanced equations, or challenges that use plain old logic, this book makes you use math. Problems are...

David 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...

'The physical form of this new title is pleasing, including good paper, readable font, and durable binding ... The book is not a collection of practical ideas. Rather, it is intended for those curious about pure mathematical tidbits. The flavor is light,...

This book is composed of the most interesting problems from a quarter century of regional mathematics competitions for students aged 11-14 in the province of Styria, Austria. The problems presented here range from pure puzzles to a more traditional...

The present book aims to provide systematic and reliable techniques, called the global solution, for Sudoku puzzles. Any proper Sudoku puzzle, which has one and only one solution of Sudoku, can be solved by anyone following the techniques provided in...