Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393020236
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium of classic puzzles, paradoxes, and puzzles from America's best-loved mathematical expert. 320 line drawings.
Colossal Book of Mathematics
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393020236
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium of classic puzzles, paradoxes, and puzzles from America's best-loved mathematical expert. 320 line drawings.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393020236
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium of classic puzzles, paradoxes, and puzzles from America's best-loved mathematical expert. 320 line drawings.
The Big Book of Paradoxes, Puzzles and Problems
Author: Fabrice Mazza
Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781847324382
Category : Paradoxes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This title contains nearly 200 superb puzzles that are guaranteed to get your brain spinning and your mind whirring. All are set in the olden days, and Merlin the Magician, Avalon, King Arthur and other mythical people and places feature prominently.
Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781847324382
Category : Paradoxes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This title contains nearly 200 superb puzzles that are guaranteed to get your brain spinning and your mind whirring. All are set in the olden days, and Merlin the Magician, Avalon, King Arthur and other mythical people and places feature prominently.
Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Problem Solving
Author: Marilyn A. Reba
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482297930
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
A Classroom-Tested, Alternative Approach to Teaching Math for Liberal Arts Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Problem Solving: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking uses puzzles and paradoxes to introduce basic principles of mathematical thought. The text is designed for students in liberal arts mathematics courses. Decision-making situations that progress
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482297930
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
A Classroom-Tested, Alternative Approach to Teaching Math for Liberal Arts Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Problem Solving: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking uses puzzles and paradoxes to introduce basic principles of mathematical thought. The text is designed for students in liberal arts mathematics courses. Decision-making situations that progress
The Philosophy Foundation
Author: Peter Worley
Publisher: Crown House Publishing
ISBN: 1781350922
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
The name 'Thoughtings' was inspired by a 5-year old who, when asked to explain what thinking is without using the word 'think' said 'It's when you're thoughting'. Children love pondering big philosophical questions like 'Does the universe end?', 'Where is my mind?' and 'Can something be true and false at the same time?'. These verses capture that impulse in the growing mind and feed it further. These are not poems or, at least, not in the traditional sense of the word... They are a kind of poem specifically designed around a particular puzzle or problem that might be thought more philosophy than poetry. Here's to the joy of puzzlement!
Publisher: Crown House Publishing
ISBN: 1781350922
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
The name 'Thoughtings' was inspired by a 5-year old who, when asked to explain what thinking is without using the word 'think' said 'It's when you're thoughting'. Children love pondering big philosophical questions like 'Does the universe end?', 'Where is my mind?' and 'Can something be true and false at the same time?'. These verses capture that impulse in the growing mind and feed it further. These are not poems or, at least, not in the traditional sense of the word... They are a kind of poem specifically designed around a particular puzzle or problem that might be thought more philosophy than poetry. Here's to the joy of puzzlement!
Impossible Folding Puzzles and Other Mathematical Paradoxes
Author: Gianni A. Sarcone
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486795659
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Fun-filled, math-based puzzles include Elephants and Castles, Trianglized Kangaroo, Honest Dice and Logic Dice, Mind-reading Powers, and dozens more. Complete solutions explain the mathematical realities behind the fantastic-sounding challenges.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486795659
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Fun-filled, math-based puzzles include Elephants and Castles, Trianglized Kangaroo, Honest Dice and Logic Dice, Mind-reading Powers, and dozens more. Complete solutions explain the mathematical realities behind the fantastic-sounding challenges.
Brain Candy
Author: Garth Sundem
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307588041
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Feed Your Brain Tastier than a twizzler yet more protein-packed than a spinach smoothie, Brain Candy is guaranteed to entertain your brain—even as it reveals hundreds of secrets behind what’s driving that electric noodle inside your skull. These delicious and nutritious pages are packed with bits of bite-sized goodness swiped from the bleeding edge of brain science (including the reason why reading these words is changing your hippocampus at this very moment!) Shelved alongside these succulent neurological nuggets are challenging puzzles and paradoxes, eye-opening perception tests and hacks, fiendish personality quizzes and genius testers, and a grab bag of recurring treats including Eye Hacks, Algebraic Eight Ball, iDread, Wild Kingdom, and Logic of Illogic. Should you look between these covers and inhale the deliciously cherry-flavored scents of knowledge within, you will grow your grey matter while discovering: • Why you should be writing bad poetry • The simple keys to brain training • What trust smells like • The origins of human morality • Why expensive wine always tastes better • The truth about brain sweat • How your diet might be making you dumb • The secrets of game theory • Why economists hate psychology • The mental benefits of coffee and cigarettes • How to really spot a liar • Why you can’t make me eat pie • The benefits of daydreaming • Four simple secrets to persuasion • Why your barin’s fzzuy ligoc alowls you to raed this • How to brainwash friends and family • The science of body language • What pigeons know about art …And much, much more.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307588041
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Feed Your Brain Tastier than a twizzler yet more protein-packed than a spinach smoothie, Brain Candy is guaranteed to entertain your brain—even as it reveals hundreds of secrets behind what’s driving that electric noodle inside your skull. These delicious and nutritious pages are packed with bits of bite-sized goodness swiped from the bleeding edge of brain science (including the reason why reading these words is changing your hippocampus at this very moment!) Shelved alongside these succulent neurological nuggets are challenging puzzles and paradoxes, eye-opening perception tests and hacks, fiendish personality quizzes and genius testers, and a grab bag of recurring treats including Eye Hacks, Algebraic Eight Ball, iDread, Wild Kingdom, and Logic of Illogic. Should you look between these covers and inhale the deliciously cherry-flavored scents of knowledge within, you will grow your grey matter while discovering: • Why you should be writing bad poetry • The simple keys to brain training • What trust smells like • The origins of human morality • Why expensive wine always tastes better • The truth about brain sweat • How your diet might be making you dumb • The secrets of game theory • Why economists hate psychology • The mental benefits of coffee and cigarettes • How to really spot a liar • Why you can’t make me eat pie • The benefits of daydreaming • Four simple secrets to persuasion • Why your barin’s fzzuy ligoc alowls you to raed this • How to brainwash friends and family • The science of body language • What pigeons know about art …And much, much more.
1,000 Playthinks
Author: Ivan Moscovich
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761118268
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Presents a collection of visual challenges, riddles, and puzzles.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 0761118268
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Presents a collection of visual challenges, riddles, and puzzles.
Puzzles and Paradoxes
Author: T. H. O’Beirne
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486246132
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
These marvelous, stimulating games for the mind include geometric paradoxes, cube and color arrangement puzzles, calendar paradoxes, much more. Detailed solutions prepare readers for puzzles of even greater complexity.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486246132
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
These marvelous, stimulating games for the mind include geometric paradoxes, cube and color arrangement puzzles, calendar paradoxes, much more. Detailed solutions prepare readers for puzzles of even greater complexity.
Labyrinths of Reason
Author: William Poundstone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140131369
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140131369
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A Panorama of Statistics
Author: Eric Sowey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119075823
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Dieses Buch nimmt den Leser mit auf eine anregende Reise rund um die Welt der Statistik. Auf eine ganz andere Art werden Theorie und Praxis Dozenten, Studenten und Praktikern nahe gebracht. Auf jeder Etappe dieser Reise untersuchen die Autoren ungewöhnliche und skurille Aspekte der Statistik, stellen historische, biographische und philosophische Dimensionen heraus. Die einzelnen Kapitel beginnen mit einem Ausblick auf das Thema, oftmals aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln. Darauf folgen fünf Fragen, die zum Nachdenken anregen. Ziel ist es, die Kenntnisse der Leser zu erweitern und zu vertiefen. Zu den Fragen gibt es auch immer wieder unterhaltsame Rätsel, mit denen spannende Paradoxa aufgelöst werden. Die Leser können ihre eigenen Entdeckungen in der Welt der Statistik mit den ausführlichen Antworten der Autoren auf die jeweiligen Fragen vergleichen.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119075823
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Dieses Buch nimmt den Leser mit auf eine anregende Reise rund um die Welt der Statistik. Auf eine ganz andere Art werden Theorie und Praxis Dozenten, Studenten und Praktikern nahe gebracht. Auf jeder Etappe dieser Reise untersuchen die Autoren ungewöhnliche und skurille Aspekte der Statistik, stellen historische, biographische und philosophische Dimensionen heraus. Die einzelnen Kapitel beginnen mit einem Ausblick auf das Thema, oftmals aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln. Darauf folgen fünf Fragen, die zum Nachdenken anregen. Ziel ist es, die Kenntnisse der Leser zu erweitern und zu vertiefen. Zu den Fragen gibt es auch immer wieder unterhaltsame Rätsel, mit denen spannende Paradoxa aufgelöst werden. Die Leser können ihre eigenen Entdeckungen in der Welt der Statistik mit den ausführlichen Antworten der Autoren auf die jeweiligen Fragen vergleichen.