The Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll S Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays

The Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll S Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays

1996

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative.

Book information

ISBN: 9780387946733
Publisher: Springer New York
Imprint: Copernicus
Pub date:
Edition: 1996
DEWEY: 793.73
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 158
Weight: 402g
Height: 241mm
Width: 167mm
Spine width: 17mm