{"product_id":"sphere-packing-lewis-carroll-and-reversi-martin-gardners-new-mathematical-diversions-paperback-9780521747011","title":"Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi; Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions (Paperback) 9780521747011","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMartin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe latest on packing spheres, Reversi, braids, polyominoes, board games, digits of pi, and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartin Gardner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521747011, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 6 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 130 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Gardner's monthly romp through recreational math and logic ran in Scientific American for 25 years, from the Sputnik splash to the Reagan reign, and nobody has been able to match it since. 'Mathematical Games' was an orgy of right-brain tomfoolery that could be approached for superficial fun or deep insight, or both at the same time … I can't think of a better present for a clever 12-year old, bored undergraduate, restless retiree, or stay-at-home parent fearing intellectual stagnation.' David Brooks, The Telegraph\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePacking 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The binary system\u003cbr\u003e 2. Group theory and braids\u003cbr\u003e 3. Eight problems\u003cbr\u003e 4. The games and puzzles of Lewis Carroll\u003cbr\u003e 5. Paper cutting\u003cbr\u003e 6. Board games\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sphere packing\u003cbr\u003e 8. The transcendental number Pi\u003cbr\u003e 9. Victor Eigen, mathemagician\u003cbr\u003e 10. The four-color map theorem\u003cbr\u003e 11. Mr. Apollinax visits New York\u003cbr\u003e 12. Nine problems\u003cbr\u003e 13. Polyominoes and fault-free rectangles\u003cbr\u003e 14. Euler's spoilers: the discovery of an Order-10 Graeco-Latin square\u003cbr\u003e 15. The ellipse\u003cbr\u003e 16. The 24 color squares and the 30 color cubes\u003cbr\u003e 17. H. S. M. Coxeter\u003cbr\u003e 18. Bridg-it and other games\u003cbr\u003e 19. Nine more problems\u003cbr\u003e 20. The calculus of finite differences.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sudoku \u0026amp; number puzzles [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sudoku \u0026amp; number puzzles\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sudoku%20\u0026amp;%20number%20puzzles%20%5BWDKN%5D%22\"\u003eWDKN\u003c\/a\u003e], Mathematics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Mathematics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Mathematics%20%5BPB%5D%22\"\u003ePB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002019762456,"sku":"9780521747011","price":16.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521747011i_96fe76a1-2a7f-4c87-90ab-0f87924d298a.jpg?v=1691380723","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sphere-packing-lewis-carroll-and-reversi-martin-gardners-new-mathematical-diversions-paperback-9780521747011","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}