Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions - The New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library

Martin Gardner

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Packing spheres, Reversi, braids, polyominoes, board games, and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll. These and other mathematical diversions return to readers with updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries. Read about Knuth's Word Ladders program and the latest developments in the digits of pi. Once again these timeless puzzles will charm readers while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other fields of mathematics.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780521747011
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Imprint:	Cambridge University Press
Pub date:	17 Sep 2009
DEWEY:	793.74
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	296
Weight:	352g
Height:	216mm
Width:	141mm
Spine width:	16mm