Rediscovered Lewis Carroll Puzzles

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 Forty-two mathematical mind-benders: Castle Croquet! A Sticky but Polished Riddle! Who's Coming to Dinner?! A New Way to Pay Old Debts! Feeding the Cat! and more. Solutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Why Is a Raven Like a Writing-Desk?2. A Rebus Letter3. A Spiral Letter4. The Captive Queen5. A New Way to Pay Old Debts6. The Day of the Week for Any Given Date7. A Geometrical Paradox8. The Rule of Three9. The Monkey and Weight Problem10. Crossing the River11. Castle Croquet12. More Doublets13. Names in Poems14. Anagrams15. The Flower Riddle16. Feeding the Cat17. The Sun and the Moon18. Tangrams19. A Sticky but Polished Riddle20. Anagrammatic Sonnet21. A Charade22. Fish Riddle23. Cats and Rats24. Syzygies25. "Pounds! Shillings and Pence"26. Three Triangles27. Every Triangle Has a Pair of Equal Sides!28. A Good Prospect29. The Telegraph Cipher30. Division by 9 and 1131. Coins32. Bag Containing Tickets33. Going to the Theatre34. Two Tumblers35. Roman Numerals36. Spheres and Dodecahedrons37. Predicting the Total38. The Impossible Hole39. Excelsior40. Eligible Apartments41. Who's Coming to Dinner?42. Memoria Technica

Product details

• Authors: Lewis Carroll
• Assisted by: Edward Wakeling (Editor)
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1996
• EAN: 9780486288611
• ISBN: 978-0-486-28861-1
• No. of pages: 80
• Series: Dover Recreational Math; Dover Recreational Math
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Adventure, activity stories, entertainment; Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes