The Mathematical Recreations of Lewis Carroll - Pillow Problems and a Tangled Tale

Informationen zum Autor Lewis Carroll (1832-98) was the pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass, are rich repositories of his sparkling gifts for wordplay, logic, and fantasy. Klappentext Whimsically and delightfully presented mathematical recreations by the author of "Alice in Wonderland" are solved by arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, differential calculus and transcendental properties. 6 illustrations. Two books bound as one.

Product details

• Authors: Lewis Carroll, H.s.m. Carroll Coxeter
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2003
• EAN: 9780486204932
• ISBN: 978-0-486-20493-2
• No. of pages: 261
• Series: Dover Recreational Math; Dover Recreational Math
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Adventure, activity stories, entertainment; Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945