[PDF] Mathematical Mind Benders eBook

Author : Peter Winkler
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 15,59 MB
Release : 2007-08-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1568815077

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Peter Winkler is at it again. Following the enthusiastic reaction to Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection, Peter has compiled a new collection of elegant mathematical puzzles to challenge and entertain the reader. The original puzzle connoisseur shares these puzzles, old and new, so that you can add them to your own anthology. This book is for lovers of mathematics, lovers of puzzles, lovers of a challenge. Most of all, it is for those who think that the world of mathematics is orderly, logical, and intuitive-and are ready to learn otherwise!

Author : Peter Winkler
Publisher : A K Peters/CRC Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 31,69 MB
Release : 2007-08-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN :

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Peter Winkler is at it again. Following the enthusiastic reaction to Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection, Peter has compiled a new collection of elegant mathematical puzzles to challenge and entertain the reader. The original puzzle connoisseur shares these puzzles, old and new, so that you can add them to your own anthology. This book is for lovers of mathematics, lovers of puzzles, lovers of a challenge. Most of all, it is for those who think that the world of mathematics is orderly, logical, and intuitive-and are ready to learn otherwise! A pdf with errata is updated by the author and can be accessed here

Author : Stephen Barr
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,46 MB
Release : 1982-05-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486242606

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Challenge yourself with over 100 fresh paradoxes, puzzles, riddles, conundrums, word and number games for the jaded, skeptical puzzlist. Over 100 pages of comprehensive answers. Approximately 300 illustrations. "Excellent collection of unusual, offbeat, and completely original puzzles." ? Scientific American.

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 26,16 MB
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486320324

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The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.

Author : Rob Eastaway
Publisher : Portico
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 46,99 MB
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1909396842

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Puzzles have intrigued and entertained generations of children – and their parents – for over 2,000 years. Here is an irrestible assortment of 100 challenging puzzles. These brilliant brainteasers range from the neatly lateral to the downright perplexing.

Author : Peter Winkler
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0429557973

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Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. Mathematical Puzzles makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem. Features A collection of the world’s best mathematical puzzles Each chapter features a technique for solving mathematical puzzles, examples, and finally a genuine theorem of mathematics that features that technique in its proof Puzzles that are entertaining, mystifying, paradoxical, and satisfying; they are not just exercises or contest problems.

Author : Michael Baker
Publisher : Critical Thinking Books & Software
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,48 MB
Release : 2005-04-27
Category : Critical thinking in children
ISBN : 9780894558726

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Simple logic puzzles designed to help develop comprehension, deductive reasoning, visual tracking, and motor skills.