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Amusements in Mathematics (Dover Recreational Math) Paperback – June 1, 1958
Virtually every sort of mathematical or logical poser is included in this extraordinary collection — problems concerning the manipulation of numbers; unicursal and route problems; moving counter puzzles; locomotion and speed problems; measuring, weighing, and packing problems; clock puzzles; combination and group problems. Greek Cross puzzles, problems involving the dissection or superimposition of plane figures, points and lines problems, joiner's problems, and crossing river problems severely test the geometrical and topological imagination. Chessboard problems, involving the dissection of the board or the placement or movement of pieces, age and kinship problems, algebraical and numerical problems, magic squares and strips, mazes, puzzle games, and problems concerning games will give you an unparalled opportunity to exercise your logical, as well as your mathematical agility.
Each problem is presented with Dudeney's unique urbane wit and sense of paradox, and each is provided with a clearly-written solution — and often with an amusing and instructive discussion of how others tried to attack it and failed. Most of the problems are original creations — but Dudeney has also included many age-old puzzlers for which he has discovered new, surprising, and usually simpler, solutions.
"Not only an amusement but a revelation … "— THE SPECTATOR.
"The best miscellaneous collection of the kind …"— NATURE.
- Reading age12 years and up
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
- PublisherDover Publications
- Publication dateJune 1, 1958
- ISBN-100486204731
- ISBN-13978-0486204734
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- Publisher : Dover Publications; reprint edition (June 1, 1958)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0486204731
- ISBN-13 : 978-0486204734
- Reading age : 12 years and up
- Item Weight : 9.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.75 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,460,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,807 in Math Games
- #13,206 in Puzzles (Books)
- #38,773 in Mathematics (Books)
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The book doesn't have the greatest formatting for the Kindle. There are a few errors and it lacks a table of contents and proper markup, but it still works well. The only "downside" I have is that some of the math puzzles are a bit difficult when older British money was used, when the problem is compounded by the fact that you had to use shillings and pence were used, and you mention that you have a half crown and threepence in order to buy something. It's a little confusing but there's a table of conversions in the beginning.
A few of the problems are also definitely non-politically correct, including one that nominally dealt with Chinese coinage in which three different kinds of coins are specified in terms of a standard amount called a "ching-chang" in the text. There aren't very many such problems, but a few may be offensive to some people.
It's probably not a fault of the book, but my point is that being in contemporary society is going put you at a disadvantage to solving a lot of the riddles.
I purchased the the Qontro Classic Books (July 12, 2010) version and found that this version is almost completely useless - similar to the Kindle version - as there are NO illustrations which are relevant to many of the problems and answers.
I'll likely end up throwing the Qontro Classic Books (July 12, 2010) version in the trash and buying the CreateSpace (February 28, 2011) version.
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Reviewed in Brazil on September 14, 2018


