Recreations & Games

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907550218Author Paul HambletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Tarquin PublicationsPublisher Tarquin PublicationsDimensions(mm) 297mm * 213mm * 3mm

Guesstimation 2.0 reveals the simple and effective techniques needed to estimate virtually anything--quickly--and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. A stimulating follow-up to Guesstimation, this is the must-have book for anyone...

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

This richly illustrated book provides step-by-step instructions for the construction of over 30 different modular origami structures. The author describes basic folding techniques required to construct the "modules" that are used as building blocks to...

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...

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...

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...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781892083203Author Denise GaskinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Tabletop Academy PressPublisher Tabletop Academy PressWeight(grams)...

Professor Michael Edgeworth McIntyre is an eminent scientist who has also had a part-time career as a musician. From a lifetime's thinking, he offers this extraordinary synthesis exposing the deepest connections between science, music, and mathematics,...

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,...

'This is a marvellous book. The diversity of possible puzzles that can be given with these very limited resources, which are basically some paper and scissors, is overwhelming, and the challenges are sometimes very tough. Even the two-star problems may...

Have you ever daydreamed about digging a hole to the other side of the world? Robert Banks not only entertains such ideas but, better yet, he supplies the mathematical know-how to turn fantasies into problem-solving adventures. In this sequel to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541943384Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle TherapistWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541941779Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle TherapistWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

The hangman's paradox, cat's cradle, gambling, peg solitaire, pi and e - all these and more are back in Martin Gardner's inimitable style, with updates on new developments and discoveries. Read about how knots and molecules are related; take a trip into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788418193378Author Martin GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint GedisaPublisher Gedisa

This book covers thirty years of the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiad, which was, ostensibly, the very first formally organized, open, official city-level mathematical contest in the world. Founded in 1934 by a group of dedicated Soviet mathematicians, it...

The Magic Theorem, a Greatly-Expanded, Much-Abridged Edition of The Symmetries of Things is a unique re-imagining of the classic book The Symmetries of Things, returning to the authors' original vision of a stand-alone elementary introduction to the...

In this volume, which completes his history of numbers, Georges Ifrah first of all recapitulates for the reader the steps in mathematical notation which he has made familiar. He considers algebra and its relationship with reason; how it has opened the...

This is an autobiography and an exposition on the contributions and personalities of many of the leading researchers in mathematics and physics with whom Dr Krishna Alladi, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Florida, has had personal...

In 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a mathematical adventure set in a two-dimensional plane world, populated by a hierarchical society of regular geometrical figures-who think and speak and have all too human emotions. Since then Flatland has fascinated...

Humanity's love affair with mathematics and mysticism reached a critical juncture, legend has it, on the back of a turtle in ancient China. As Clifford Pickover briefly recounts in this enthralling book, the most comprehensive in decades on magic...

This unique book - based on the author's experience in teaching his grandchildren mathematics the fun way - provides the knowledge and skills to teach math to young children, through learning games with playing cards. Children grow to associate math with...

'The reference list is excellent. This is a worthwhile (though 'niche') book that will be attractive to a particular sector of the general reading public interested in mathematical riddles and puzzles. Professional educators might well employ it in...

Martin Gardner has entertained the world with his puzzles for decades and inspired countless mathematicians and scientists. As he rounds out another decade, his colleagues are paying him tribute with this special collection that contains contributions...

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Tony Crilly explains and introduces the mathematical laws and principles - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand the world around us.From Pascal's triangle...

This sampler of entertaining mathematical diversions reveals the elegance and extraordinary usefulness of mathematics for readers who think they have no aptitude for the subject. If you like any kind of game at all, you'll enjoy the amazing mathematical...

This textbook introduces the general points of view of research methodology in the scientific and engineering fields of studies and presents an overview of the technical and professional communication needed for article publication in journals. It...

There are two huge gaps in scientific theory. One, the contradiction between classical and quantum mechanics, is discussed in many publications. The other, the total failure to explain why anything made of atoms (such as ourselves) can be conscious, has...

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 9781682604502Author Jupiter KidsFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Jupiter KidsPublisher Jupiter KidsWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 3mm

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789922636597Author Khalid AlzamiliFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Dr. Khalid Alzamili PubPublisher Dr. Khalid Alzamili PubWeight(grams)...