Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! Math Hysteria contains twenty quirky tales of mathematical exploration by one of the world's most popular writers on mathematics. Ian Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale, including "Counting the Cattle of the Sun," "The Great Drain Robbery," and "Preposterous Piratical Predicaments." Fully illustrated with explanatory diagrams, each tale is told with engaging wit, sure to amuse everyone with an interest in puzzles and mathematics. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters. Containing twenty specially-commissioned cartoons, this book will delight all who are familiar with Stewart's many other books, such as What Shape is a Snowflake? and Flatterland and anyone interested in mathematical problems. In short, these stories are engaging, challenging, and lots of fun!
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In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of intriguing, challenging, and fun puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale. L'Enseignement Mathematique, 2005
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Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University and the author of many books, including Nature's Numbers and From Here to Infinity: A Guide to Today's Mathematics. He writes the "Mathematical Recreations" column for Scientific American.
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Need something to while away the time standing in line, on a long car ride, dinner conversation? This book makes math concepts fun, and really math is fun - if you approach it like a game. We've had a tremendous amount of fun with this book, and now my child's friends ask to play the math games when they come over. Want to spark your child's interest in math and get them thinking about numbers in a whole new light? Mr. Stewart's book is totally the ticket.
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The extremely polite monks of the Perplexian order like to play logical tricks on one another. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Further Reading, Murphy's Law, Vine Street, Bellows Conjecture, Smith Diagram, Minesweeper Consistency Problem, Robbingham Rhinoceros, Snitchswisher Wishsnitchersdorter, Calendrical Calculations, David Gale, Plushy Pink Pizza Palace, Richard Padovan, Robbingham Hall New!
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The extremely polite monks of the Perplexian order like to play logical tricks on one another. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Further Reading, Murphy's Law, Vine Street, Bellows Conjecture, Smith Diagram, Minesweeper Consistency Problem, Robbingham Rhinoceros, Snitchswisher Wishsnitchersdorter, Calendrical Calculations, David Gale, Plushy Pink Pizza Palace, Richard Padovan, Robbingham Hall New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Dissections: Plane and Fancy by Greg N. Frederickson in Front Matter, page 75, and Back Matter
- Unsolved Problems in Geometry (Problem Books in Mathematics / Unsolved Problems in Intuitive Mathematics) by Hallard T. Croft in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd by Sam Loyd on page 147, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Recreations in the Theory of Numbers (Dover Recreational Math) by Albert H. Beiler on page 50, and Back Matter
- The Banach-Tarski Paradox (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications) by Stan Wagon on page 77, and Back Matter
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