Recreations & Games 5

A fascinating work containing detailed playing instructions and explanations of 34 vintage card games dating from Victorian times and before. A treasure trove of card games many of which have been l……続きを見る

A fascinating collection of some fifty brain teasing games and puzzles using letters and numbers. These have been gleaned from Victorian times and earlier and are guaranteed to provide many hours of……続きを見る

For two decades, self-taught mathematician Henry E. Dudeney wrote a puzzle page, "Perplexities," for The Strand Magazine. Martin Gardner, longtime editor of Scientific American's mathematical games ……続きを見る

'Everyone interested in geometric dissections, and this kind of puzzles, either mathematically or recreationally will embrace this publication. But also the readers interested in the history and cer……続きを見る

How many cards do I have to deal before I know for certain that you have a straight? If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 18 pages? How many days a……続きを見る

Easily Create Origami with Curved Folds and Surfaces Origamiーmaking shapes only through foldingーreveals a fascinating area of geometry woven with a variety of representations. The world of origami……続きを見る

Twists, Tilings, and Tessellation describes the underlying principles and mathematics of the broad and exciting field of abstract and mathematical origami, most notably the field of origami tessella……続きを見る

This book contains the most interesting problems from the first 24 years of the 'Mathematical Duel', an annual international mathematics competition between the students of four schools: the Gymnázi……続きを見る

'This is a marvellous book. The diversity of possible puzzles that can be given with these very limited resources, which are basically some paper and scissors, is overwhelming, and the challenges ar……続きを見る

This book is like 210 individual puzzles while at the same time it is one very large puzzle. Things needed to play this game. 1. A handheld calculator. 2. A pencil with a good eraser. 3. A good amou……続きを見る

Winner, Euler Book Prize, awarded by the Mathematical Association of America. With over 200 full color photographs, this non-traditional, tactile introduction to non-Euclidean geometries also covers……続きを見る

O livro possui a pretensão em apresentar os cincos (5) jogos lúdicos - sendo dois originais, e os outros aperfeiçoados e produzidos pelo autor - além de debater e compartilhar os seus resultados em ……続きを見る

Este trabalho apresenta uma sequência didática sobre jogos combinatórios para estudantes de Matemática do Ensino Regular. Os temas abordados são “Jogos”, “Sistema de Numeração”, “Divisibilidade”, “S……続きを見る

Mathematics of Keno and Lotteries is an elementary treatment of the mathematics, primarily probability and simple combinatorics, involved in lotteries and keno. Keno has a long history as a high-adv……続きを見る

Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truth of Mathematics, Second Edition explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common sense and the "imposs……続きを見る

Tutti i giochi d'azzardo si basano su principi statistici che sul medio-lungo periodo determinano un'inevitabile perdita di denaro da parte del giocatore. Scopo di questo manuale è quello di spiegar……続きを見る

Programma di Poker Vincente Scopri le Migliori Tattiche di Gioco tra Psicologia e Matematica IL POKER DA PRINCIPIANTI: CONOSCERE LE BASI Come imparare a giocare al meglio sia le mani vincenti che qu……続きを見る

Tratto da un progetto per il Museo del Balì, un libro divertente per tutte le persone che amano la matematica e anche per quelle che la odiano.Un viaggio tra numeri e formule, con simpatia, attraver……続きを見る

L'opera, innovativa nel suo genere, si pone l’obiettivo di orientare i giocatori principianti ed esperti nel mondo dei giochi presenti nei CASINO’. In particolare di far apprendere ai lettori alcuni……続きを見る

(...) Dicono tutti che anche la musica, come la matematica, sia linguaggio universale e che tale linguaggio è comune, trasversale nelle varie culture; non è proprio così: una salsa colombiana è assa……続きを見る

Non un libro di regole né un eserciziario. Semplicemente un libro di lettura per scoprire e riflettere su quanto e come le comuni operazioni aritmetiche, e più in generale il pensiero matematico, re……続きを見る

Come affrontare, divertendosi, i Mondiali di Matematica e vincere! Con i suoi quesiti e le sue soluzioni, Giorgio Dendi catapulta il lettore nel vivo di una gara di matematica e lo mette in grado di……続きを見る

Zeichnest und bastelst du gern? Möchtest du deine Freunde und Eltern mit verblüffenden Experimenten und schönen Faltarbeiten überraschen? Hast du Lust, Mathematik mal anders zu erleben? Statt mühsam……続きを見る

THE TANGRAM is one of the oldest types of dissection puzzles in the world that originated from China. It traditionally requires the participant to arrange seven pieces (or 'tans') into a shape just ……続きを見る

’Be warned: cracking puzzles releases a very addictive drug.’ – Marcus du Sautoy Have you ever wanted to be a puzzle pro or logical luminary? Well, look no further! The perfect way to liven up your ……続きを見る

The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers led to the modern theory of probability, for example……続きを見る

Everything in mathematics has many meanings ー every diagram and every figure, every sum and every equation can be "seen" in different ways, just as every sentence in English or in algebra can be va……続きを見る

“A modern, smart puzzle book, unlike anything I’ve seen before, whose math and logic challenges will stretch your brain in new ways.”ーWill Shortz, New York Times crossword editor and NPR puzzlemast……続きを見る

The Only Undergraduate Textbook to Teach Both Classical and Virtual Knot Theory An Invitation to Knot Theory: Virtual and Classical gives advanced undergraduate students a gentle introduction to the……続きを見る

Cryptology: Classical and Modern, Second Edition proficiently introduces readers to the fascinating field of cryptology. The book covers classical methods including substitution, transposition, Albe……続きを見る