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

by Ian Stewart (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0140132373

ISBN-10: 0140132376

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Publisher : Penguin Books (September 3, 1991)
Language: : English
Paperback : 208 pages
ISBN-10 : 0140132376
ISBN-13 : 978-0140132373
Item Weight : 6.9 ounces
Dimensions : 7 x 1 x 5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #7,854,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #47,526 in Mathematics (Books)
- #269,930 in Literary Fiction (Books)

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Bob McGrew

Interesting but difficult

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2000

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.

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michele

Maths games

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2016

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Good book for reviving maths approach to puzzles.

Michael Winckler

Tolle Mathe-Modelle inkl. theoretischem Hintergrund

Reviewed in Germany on May 24, 2009

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Ian Stewart hat mit Game, Set Math eine sehr interessante sammlung mathematischer Modelle zusammengetragen. Von Graphen bis Zahlentheorie reichen seine Anwendungsbeispiele, die stets mit einer kleinen Geschichte unterhaltend motiviert sind. Dabei gelangt man als Leser sehr schnell zu Gebieten und Fragestellungen der Mathematik, in denen aktuelle Forschung stattfindet.

Das Bändchen dient zum einen zum Selbststudium: Wer an Mathematik und ihren Anwendungen interessiert ist, findet viel Hintergrundwissen und kann sich in einzelne Themen einlesen - oder auch anhand der angegebenen Literatur tiefer einsteigen. Zum anderen habe ich das Buch auch zur Vorberietung von Vorträgen an Schulen und zur Motivation in Grundstudiumsvorlesungen verwendet.

Vier von fünf Sternen gebe ich, weil die Aufmachung (inkl. Papier) sehr billig daherkommen. Wie so oft bei amerikanischen Verlagen habe ich das Gefühl, das die Selbstzerstörung des Buchs nach 10-15 Jahren einkalkuliert ist. So kann man zwar für unter $10 ein Produkt auf den Markt bringen, aber es wirkt halt einfach ... billig!

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bizzy lizzy

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2014

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It's great!

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