Mathematical Recreations and Essays (Dover Books on Mathematical and Word Recreations) | 
 enlarge | Authors: W. W. Rouse Ball, H. S. M. Coxeter
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 668538
Media: Paperback
Edition: 13
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0486253570
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.74
EAN: 9780486253572
ASIN: 0486253570
Publication Date: May 1, 1987
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Product Description
Twelfth edition of classic work offers scores of stimulating, mind-expanding games and puzzles: arithmetical and geometrical problems, chessboard recreations, magic squares, map-coloring problems, cryptography and cryptanalysis, much more. "A must to add to your mathematics library" — The Mathematics Teacher. Index. References for Further Study. 150 black-and-white line illustrations.
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the best there is May 16, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Any fan of mathematical puzzles will go ape over this thoroughly researched, timeless classic. Even for jaded scientists in their forties (such as me) and beyond, there's always some new gem to be discovered at the turn of a page. The scope of the book is immense, ranging from all manner of "classical" recreations to the puzzles of antiquity (e.g., squaring the circle) to the history of pi to the structure and functionality of the kaleidoscope. It's all here!
Must have for any recreational mathematician. November 19, 2001
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a timeless classic and a primary reference
for recreational mathematicians. And the price
is unbeatable.
A Classic Compendium... September 14, 2000
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is a classic collection of mathematical recreations. Originally written by W.W. Rouse Ball around 1900, this edition has been updated by the great geometer H.S.M. Coxeter. It is a comprehensive first source for information about magic squares, Platonic and Archimedian solids, "Knight's Tours" and other chessboard recreations, and just about any other variety of math-related puzzle you could name.For a mathematician, Coxeter is an excellent writer, and the book is quite accessible, even to relative math novices. Fans of Martin Gardner's books, of his "Scientific American" Mathematical Games columns, will want to own this. And because it's published by Dover, the price is right, too.
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