Automotive Holiday Deals BOTYKT Shop Women's Dresses Learn more nav_sap_SWP_6M_fly_beacon Rhonda Vincent egg_2015 All-New Amazon Fire TV Get Ready for the Winter Gifts Under $100 Street Art Project Amazon Gift Card Offer aos aos aos Amazon Echo Starting at $49.99 Kindle Voyage AntMan Outdoor Deals on Amazon.com BGG

Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

  • Apple
  • Android
  • Windows Phone
  • Android

To get the free app, enter your email address or mobile phone number.
Download to your computer
Kindle Cloud Reader

Game, Set and Math: Enigmas and Conundrums (Penguin mathematics)

by
Ian Stewart (Author)
› Visit Amazon's Ian Stewart Page
Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
See search results for this author
Are you an author? Learn about Author Central
Ian Stewart (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars 2 customer reviews
ISBN-13: 978-0140132373
ISBN-10: 0140132376
Why is ISBN important?
ISBN
This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work.
Scan an ISBN with your phone
Use the Amazon App to scan ISBNs and compare prices.
Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon

Sorry, there was a problem.

There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Please try again.

Sorry, there was a problem.

List unavailable.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest
More Buying Choices
9 New from $28.67 28 Used from $0.01 1 Collectible from $9.96
38 used & new from $0.01
See All Buying Options
Free Two-Day Shipping for College Students with Amazon Student Free%20Two-Day%20Shipping%20for%20College%20Students%20with%20Amazon%20Student

Get Up to 80% Back Rent Textbooks

Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
Back
  1. History Decoded: The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time
    Brad Meltzer
    4.2 out of 5 stars 348
    Hardcover
    $16.51 Prime
  2. Big Book of Mazes and Labyrinths (Dover Children's Activity Books)
    Walter Shepherd
    4.0 out of 5 stars 22
    Paperback
    $1.99 Prime
  3. Visual Aid Doodling Book for Creative Kids
    Draught Associates
    5.0 out of 5 stars 1
    Paperback
    $7.01 Prime
  4. Razor California Longboard Scooter
    3.9 out of 5 stars 37
    $33.83 - $181.02
  5. Core Skills: Math: Reproducible Grade 2
    STECK-VAUGHN
    3.5 out of 5 stars 4
    Paperback
    $7.35 Prime
  6. Hershey's Halloween Snack Size Assortment, 50-Count Bag
    4.4 out of 5 stars 82
    $13.70 Prime
Next

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested In These Sponsored Links

  (What's this?)
1.  Math Practice - Ages 5-15 opens new browser window
  -  
A math website kids love — Win awards, certificates, have fun!
www.ixl.com/Math
2.  Pittsburgh Penguins 2015 opens new browser window
  -  
Buy Guaranteed Ice Hockey Tickets. Secure Payment & Tracked Delivery.
www.viagogo.de/Pittsburgh-Penguins
NO_CONTENT_IN_FEATURE
Hero Quick Promo
Up to 85% Off Over 1,000 Kindle Books
Visit our Holiday Deals store and save up to 85% on more than 1,000 Kindle books. These deals are valid until December 31, 2015. Learn more

Product Details

  • Series: Penguin mathematics
  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books (September 3, 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140132376
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140132373
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,688,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customer Reviews

5 star
0%
4 star
50%
3 star
50%
2 star
0%
1 star
0%
See both customer reviews
Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Wading through puns to learn mathematics
By Charles Ashbacher HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on November 16, 2002
Format: Paperback
Like the man who replaced Babe Ruth in the Yankee outfield, Ian Stewart is replacing a legend. When Martin Gardner "retired" as the editor of the Mathematical Games column of Scientific American it was eventually taken over by A. K. Dewdney and became Computer Recreations. Now written by Ian Stewart and called Mathematical Recreations, it is proving a worthy successor to the master. This book is a collection of twelve essays that explain serious mathematics using an unserious approach.
Set in a format that is best described as a chatty fable with puns included, the essays are certainly easy to read. However, as is usual with material containing a lot of puns, they do at times distract from the point of the essay. And those points are very good. The topology of a warm blanket, the odds of beating a tennis player that is better than you, logic and the construction of viruses are some of the topics covered in this book. All are presented as mathematical recreations with a minimum of computer involvement.
No one could possibly replace Martin Gardner. The best that can be done is to carve a successful, distinctive niche, which is what Ian Stewart has done.
Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission.
Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Interesting but difficult
By Bob McGrew on June 12, 2000
Format: Paperback
The book is a set of puzzles for the reader to solve, often involving a family of worms that have to split a blanket, cut a cheese, or some other commonplace task that nonetheless can take mathematics to solve in the required way. The author originally wrote the puzzles for the French edition of Scientific American. Some of the mathematics involved is the standard (but interesting) pop-math like games with infinity, but others get into topology and higher mathematics. While many of the puzzles are quite interesting, a few will lose the casual reader (even the well-informed casual reader.) Nevertheless, the pleasure of sticking it out for the good ones repays the pain.
Comment Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Sending feedback...
Thank you for your feedback.
Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again
Report abuse

There's a problem loading this menu right now.

Learn more about Amazon Prime.