The Universe in a Handkerchief - Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, and Word Plays (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)


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.

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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.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Copernicus Books

Country of origin

United States

Release date

October 1998

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

May 1996

Authors

Dimensions

234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

158

Edition

1996 ed.

ISBN-13

978-0-387-94673-3

Barcode

9780387946733

Categories

LSN

0-387-94673-X



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