Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi

Packing 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.

Author: Martin Gardner
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/06/2009
Series: New Martin Gardner Mathematical Library #3
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780521747011