Recreations & Games

Geometry for the Artist is based on a course of the same name which started in the 1980s at Maharishi International University. It is aimed both at artists willing to dive deeper into geometry and at mathematicians open to learning about applications of...

In the modern world the theory of probability is used extensively in mathematics, science, engineering, medicine and, of course, gambling. A proposition bet is one that involves the use of probability -both estimated and actual -where an individual makes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682604182Author Jupiter KidsFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Jupiter KidsPublisher Jupiter KidsWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 3mm

Ever wonder why cats land on their feet? Or what holds a spinning top upright? Or whether it is possible to feel the Earth's rotation in an airplane? Why Cats Land on Their Feet is a compendium of paradoxes and puzzles that readers can solve using their...

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

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...

Enter the magical maze of mathematics and explore the surprising passageways of a fantastical world where logic and imagination converge. For mathematics is a maze--a maze in your head--a maze of ideas, a maze of logic. And that maze in your mind is a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620456224Author Robert EastawayFormat HardbackPage Count 170Imprint Trade Paper PressPublisher Trade Paper Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541943551Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle TherapistWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Exotic 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...

Martin Gardner, the "Mathematical Games" columnist for Scientific American from 1956 to 1981, was also a philosopher, polymath, magician, religious thinker, and the author of more than 70 books, including The Annotated Alice, The Ambidextrous Universe,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541943742Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle TherapistWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620458136Author Marcel DanesiFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Trade Paper PressPublisher Trade Paper Press

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...

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...

This book, suitable for interested post-16 school pupils or undergraduates looking for a supplement to their course text, develops our modern view of space-time and its implications in the theories of gravity and cosmology. While aspects of this topic...

A comprehensive look at four of the most famous problems in mathematicsTales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics. First posed by...

A mathematical exploration of the popular card game SETHave you ever played the addictive card game SET? Have you ever wondered about the connections between games and mathematics? If the answer to either question is "yes," then The Joy of SET is the...

This authoritative biography of Kurt Goedel relates the life of this most important logician of our time to the development of the field. Goedel's seminal achievements that changed the perception and foundations of mathematics are explained in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541943995Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle TherapistWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

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 year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world-and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy the pieces collected here. These essays-from...

A fun and lively look at the mathematical ideas concealed in video gamesDid you know that every time you pick up the controller to your PlayStation or Xbox, you are entering a world steeped in mathematics? Matthew Lane reveals the hidden mathematics in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789810876555Author Kow Cheong YanFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Mathplus PublishingPublisher Mathplus PublishingWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

In China, lots of excellent maths students take an active part in various maths contests and the best six senior high school students will be selected to form the IMO National Team to compete in the International Mathematical Olympiad. In the past ten...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541941687Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle TherapistWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Ornaments and icons, symbols of complexity or evil, aesthetically appealing and endlessly useful in everyday ways, knots are also the object of mathematical theory, used to unravel ideas about the topological nature of space. In recent years knot theory...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578633838Author Renna ShessoFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615193882Author Alex BellosFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint ExperimentPublisher ExperimentWeight(grams) 340g

The fastest, easiest way to brush up on your algebra! Quick AlgebraReview Need to hone your algebra skills? This bestselling reviewcourse in intermediate algebra gives you all the concepts,procedures, and problem-solving methods you need to succeed. *...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541941915Author Puzzle TherapistFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Puzzle TherapistPublisher Puzzle Therapist

How does mathematics enable us to send pictures from space back to Earth? Where does the bell-shaped curve come from? Why do you need only 23 people in a room for a 50/50 chance of two of them sharing the same birthday? In Strange Curves, Counting...

Many experiments have shown the human brain generally has very serious problems dealing with probability and chance. A greater understanding of probability can help develop the intuition necessary to approach risk with the ability to make more informed...

Forces shaping human history are complex, but the course of history is undeniably changed on many occasions by conscious acts. These may be premeditated or responsive, calmly calculated or performed under great pressure. They may also be successful or...

The Baseball Mysteries: Challenging Puzzles for Logical Detectives is a book of baseball puzzles, logical baseball puzzles. To jump in, all you need is logic and a casual fan's knowledge of the game. The puzzles are solved by reasoning from the rules of...

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...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899618781Author John EnockFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Tarquin PublicationsPublisher Tarquin PublicationsDimensions(mm) 292mm * 210mm * 3mm