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Mathematical card effects offer both beginning and experienced magicians an opportunity to entertain with a minimum of props. Featuring mostly original creations, Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two New Effects presents an entertaining look at new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913565589Author Paulo FerroFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Tarquin PublicationsPublisher Tarquin Publications

Across the Board is the definitive work on chessboard problems. It is not simply about chess but the chessboard itself--that simple grid of squares so common to games around the world. And, more importantly, the fascinating mathematics behind it. From...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471350651Author STEWARTFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company

Seduction 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...

The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't a primitive forerunner of modern mathematics. In fact, it can't be understood using our current computational methods. Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471379072Author Rob EastawayFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing Company

Physics World's 'Book of the Year' for 2016 An Entertaining and Enlightening Guide to the Who, What, and Why of String Theory, now also available in an updated reflowable electronic format compatible with mobile devices and e-readers.During the last 50...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641520089Author Marcel DanesiFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Zephyros PressPublisher Zephyros PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 135mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421448749Author Kyne SantosFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Johns Hopkins University PressPublisher Johns Hopkins University PressWeight(grams) 522g

Bicycle or Unicycle? is a collection of 105 mathematical puzzles whose defining characteristic is the surprise encountered in their solutions. Solvers will be surprised, even occasionally shocked, at those solutions. The problems unfold into levels of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452287921Author Timothy E. ParkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 191mm *...

How do technicians repair broken communications cables at the bottom of the ocean without actually seeing them? What's the likelihood of plucking a needle out of a haystack the size of the Earth? And is it possible to use computers to create a universal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899618521Author Vivien LucasFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Tarquin PublicationsPublisher Tarquin Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899618521Author Vivien LucasFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Tarquin PublicationsPublisher Tarquin Publications

Math--the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions--usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes--conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780731402274Author Bill HandleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdPublisher John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdDimensions(mm)...

Part of the joy of mathematics is that it is everywhere-in soap bubbles, electricity, da Vinci's masterpieces, even in an ocean wave. Written by the well-known mathematics teacher consultant, this volume's collection of over 200 clearly illustrated...

Packed with more than a hundred color illustrations and a wide variety of puzzles and brainteasers, Taking Sudoku 2eriously uses this popular craze as the starting point for a fun-filled introduction to higher mathematics. How many Sudoku solution...

We all played tag when we were kids. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory, and that the same principles of games like tag, dodgeball, and hide-and-seek are also at play in military...

What is the shortest possible route for a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the traveling salesman problem is one of the most intensely studied puzzles in...

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best...

The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers led to the modern theory of probability, for example, and surreal numbers were inspired by the game of Go...

What can you do with your maths? You can use it to thoroughly understand all manner of things that cannot be dealt with in any other way. This book serves up a variety of problems and shows how mathematics answers them. Topics range from cracking codes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781579550417Author Alexander BogomolnyFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Wolfram MediaPublisher Wolfram MediaWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles A mental workout to rival Su Doku! Dozens of compelling and addictive maths puzzles to challenge your mental arithmetic, multiplication skills and...

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...

The easy way to understand and retain all the concepts taught in pre-calculus classes Pre-Calculus All-in-One For Dummies is a great resource if you want to do you best in Pre-Calculus. Packed with lessons, examples, and practice problems in the book,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615196128Author Eddie WooFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint ExperimentPublisher ExperimentWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 152mm * 23mm

Mathematical Recreations from the Tournament of the Towns contains the complete list of problems and solutions to the International Mathematics Tournament of the Towns from Fall 2007 to Spring 2021.The primary audience for this book is the army of...

Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number generator simulates a physical...

What are your chances of dying on your next flight, being called for jury duty, or winning the lottery? We all encounter probability problems in our everyday lives. In this collection of twenty-one puzzles, Paul Nahin challenges us to think creatively...

Hex: The Full Story is for anyone - hobbyist, professional, student, teacher - who enjoys board games, game theory, discrete math, computing, or history. hex was discovered twice, in 1942 by Piet Hein and again in 1949 by John F. nash. How did this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615891514Author Dee GoldsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint GoldsteinPublisher GoldsteinWeight(grams) 168g

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An engaging collection of intriguing problems that shows you how to think like a mathematical physicistPaul Nahin is a master at explaining odd phenomena through straightforward mathematics. In this collection of twenty-six intriguing problems, he...

The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers led to the modern theory of probability, for example, and surreal numbers were inspired by the game of Go...

Mathematics 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:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899618590Author Vivien LucasFormat PaperbackPage Count 37Imprint Tarquin PublicationsPublisher Tarquin Publications

'Lucid and entertaining. With barely an equation in sight, Numbercrunch makes a passionate case for how just a little bit more numeracy could help us all' - Tom Whipple, The Times'The perfect introduction to the power of mathematics - fluent, friendly...